PAS 222 Animal Food and Feed Safety Certification

PAS 222 Animal Food and Feed Safety Certification

PAS 222, the animal food and feed safety certification, is a standard aimed at helping producers worldwide manufacture quality feed. With a PAS 222 certificate, producers can reduce costs and minimise risk from a feed-safety perspective.

PAS 222 is a standard developed in response to rising demand in the feed industry. Leading organisations worldwide adopt it, and it is regularly cited among the benchmarks used in feed procurement.

PAS 222 draws its core requirements from ISO 22000 and keeps food safety grounded in HACCP conditions. Animal food and feed are among the most important factors in human and animal health, and PAS 222 supports control of animal food and feed ingredients and the audit of the organisations handling them.

PAS 222 standard

The main clauses of the standard are listed below.

• Scope
• Terms and definitions
• Establishment
• Process and working area
• Utilities
• Waste control
• Equipment cleaning and maintenance
• Ingredient control and management
• Chemical control
• Measures to prevent contamination
• Sanitation
• Pest control
• Personnel hygiene
• Rework
• Product recall
• Warehousing and transport
• Ingredient formulation
• Specialised production
• Personnel training
• Product information
• Food defence and external threats

PAS 222 is similar in structure to other food-safety standards, but several of its clauses on feed ingredients reflect the sector-specific requirements for feed.

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