BS EN 15593:2008 PDF

Scope: This European Standard specifies requirements for a hygiene management system for manufacturers and suppliers of food packaging including storage and transportation. This European Standard enables an organization to:  plan, design, implement, operate, maintain and update a hazard analysis and risk assessment system that ensures the production of food packaging materials conforming with the hygiene requirements;  demonstrate conformity with agreed customers’ hygiene requirements;  demonstrate the effectiveness of the system;  help food manufacturers to provide adequate evidence to compliance with food and packaging safety regulations;  ensure that it complies with its stated hygiene policy;  demonstrate such compliance to other interested parties;  seek registration or certification of its food packaging hygiene management system by an external organization. This European Standard can be applied to all organizations wishing to implement an adequate and effective hygiene management system in the field of food packaging manufacturing including producers and suppliers of materials and services to the packaging manufacturers. It is intended that this European Standard be applied in conjunction with a quality management system such as EN ISO 9001. It may be appropriate to apply this European Standard to other articles and items coming into contact with food and to packaging of products other than food.

BS EN 15593:2008 Referenced Document

EN ISO 22000:2005 Food safety management systems - Requirements for any organization in the food chain (ISO 22000:2005)
EN ISO 9000:2005 Quality management systems - Fundamentals and vocabulary ISO 9000:2005;:2000

2008 BS EN 15593:2008 Packaging - Management of hygiene in the production of packaging for foodstuffs - Requirements