The requirement that applies today
The organization plans, runs, controls, maintains and updates the processes needed to make safe products and to carry out the actions decided under 6.1. It sets criteria for the processes, controls them against those criteria, and keeps enough records to show they ran as planned. It controls planned changes, reviews the effects of unintended ones and mitigates harm, and it controls any process it outsources.
ISO 22000:2018, 8.1 Operational planning and control; ISO/DIS 22000:2026, 8.1.1 Operational planning and control: general.
What the draft does
Split into 8.1.1, 8.1.2 and 8.1.3: The public contents show 8.1 divided into a general clause, food defence and food fraud prevention. The current edition has a single 8.1. The general content appears to be retained, but the draft text is sold by ISO and not held here, so this is read from the contents.
Source: public contents and foreword at 8.1.1, retrieved 2026-10-19.
Why this clause matters
This is the operational spine: the process criteria, the control points and the records that show the product was made the way the plan says. The draft splits 8.1 into a general clause and two named subclauses, so the general clause becomes the frame for food defence and food fraud rather than the whole of operational control.
Suggested evidence to discuss with your auditor
For 8.1.1, these are the artefacts we suggest discussing with your auditor. The standard publishes no evidence list, so this is our reading, not a requirement.
- Process criteria for each operation that affects food safety
- Records showing the process ran within its criteria, with deviations and actions
- The control of outsourced processes, including the criteria and the oversight
Where systems usually fall short
- Process criteria written for the audit and not used by operators
- An outsourced process treated as outside the system
How to prepare
Take one process and show the criterion, the record and the deviation handling in a single file. If the three live in different places, the process is controlled on paper and not in practice.
Dates
Cross-references
Source
Clause 8.1.1. Current edition: ISO 22000:2018. Draft: ISO/DIS 22000:2026. Retrieved 2026-10-19. The full DIS text for 8.1.1 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.