The International Accreditation Forum (IAF) has issued a mandatory document IAF MD 27:2023 containing transition requirements for ISO 22003-1:2022.

All Food Safety Management Systems (ISMS ISO 22000) Certification Bodies are required to implement the IAF MD document according to the defined dates. The first edition of ISO 22003-1:2022 was released in June last year.

IAF MD 27:2023 is available on https://iaf.nu/en/iaf-documents/?cat_id=7

EIAC has issued a circular to all Food Safety Management Systems (ISMS ISO 22000) Certification Bodies in this regard. The EIAC circular is available on https://eiac.gov.ae/documents/publications