Gümüşova Gıda: ISO 22000 and halal certification preparation

Gümüşova Gıda is a dried-fruit processor exporting to the Middle East and Europe. Its buyers wanted both a food safety certificate and a halal certificate. However, the existing HACCP plan could not keep up with the raw material and product variety that changes twice a year.

Approach

• Flow diagrams and hazard analysis were updated for the whole product family
• Separate line and cleaning verification for allergen (tree-nut) cross-contact control
• Halal requirements were merged into the ISO 22000 document structure; a single supplier approval system was built
• Recall exercise: tracing a batch backwards within four hours

Result

The certification body combined the two audits in the same week; the total audit time fell 20 per cent below what had been planned. The traceability test in buyer audits passed with no findings.