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7.5.2

Documented information: creating and updating

ClauseUnchanged titleRetrieved 2026-10-19Last updated: 2026-10-19

The requirement that applies today

When the organization creates or updates documented information, it makes sure the identification and description are appropriate, for example a title, a date, who wrote it and a reference, that the format and medium suit the use, and that the document is reviewed and approved for suitability and adequacy.

ISO 22000:2018, 7.5.2 Documented information: creating and updating; ISO/DIS 22000:2026, 7.5.2.

What the draft does

Unchanged title: The public contents keep 7.5.2 at the same number and title. No structural change is shown.

Source: public contents and foreword at 7.5.2, retrieved 2026-10-19.

Why this clause matters

This is unglamorous and it is where transition projects fail. A new clause map pasted into an old template, with the old approval date and no reviewer, is a document control finding. The fix is a small checklist applied at the point of change.

Suggested evidence to discuss with your auditor

For 7.5.2, these are the artefacts we suggest discussing with your auditor. The standard publishes no evidence list, so this is our reading, not a requirement.

  • A sample of recently changed documents showing identification, review and approval
  • The template or checklist used when a document is created or updated
  • Version history that matches the changes made

Where systems usually fall short

  • Documents edited by several people with no record of who approved what
  • A new revision of a document issued under the old version number

How to prepare

Take the last five documents changed and check each for title, date, author, version, reviewer and approver. Fix the two worst. Then make the checklist part of the change process so it does not depend on memory. Make the six checks part of the change form itself: title, date, author, version, reviewer and approver. A checklist beside the process is used; one in a training slide is not.

Dates

Applies todayISO 22000:2018 as amended in 2024, the edition published today; certificate treatment after a new edition depends on the transition arrangements
DraftISO/DIS 22000:2026, DIS ballot closed 2026-07-29
Planning date2027-09-12 (estimate, not an ISO date)

Cross-references

7.5.1, 7.5.3, 6.3

Source

Clause 7.5.2. Current edition: ISO 22000:2018. Draft: ISO/DIS 22000:2026. Retrieved 2026-10-19. The full DIS text for 7.5.2 is sold by ISO and not held here; the sources page lists what is.

Not legal advice; does not certify; our words, not the standard's, and the planning date is an estimate.