The requirement that applies today
The food safety team carries out a hazard analysis to decide which hazards need to be controlled and how much control is enough. The current edition sets out the detail in subclauses: the general requirement, hazard identification and acceptable levels, the hazard assessment, and the selection and categorization of control measures. The draft contents name the parent clause and add an informative annex about choosing control measures.
ISO 22000:2018, 8.5.2 Hazard analysis; ISO/DIS 22000:2026, 8.5.2.
What the draft does
Unchanged title; new Annex B supports the selection step: The public contents keep 8.5.2 at the same number and title and add an informative Annex B about choosing and categorizing control measures. The annex text is sold by ISO and not held here.
Source: public contents and foreword at 8.5.2, retrieved 2026-10-19.
Why this clause matters
This is the technical heart of the system. The parent page shows the four steps together; the subclause pages carry the detail. The draft annex on selection is a signal that the OPRP and CCP decision is expected to be reasoned and recorded, not copied from a template.
Suggested evidence to discuss with your auditor
For 8.5.2, 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 hazard analysis with the method described and the reasoning visible
- Acceptable levels with the legal, customer or scientific basis
- The link from each significant hazard to a chosen control measure
Where systems usually fall short
- A table of hazards with no reasoning about significance
- A hazard analysis that has not changed despite a new line or supplier
How to prepare
Read the analysis as if you were the auditor: for each significant hazard, can you see why it is significant, what acceptable level applies and why that control was chosen. Where the reasoning is missing, add one sentence.
Dates
Cross-references
8.5.2.1, 8.5.2.2, 8.5.2.3, 8.5.2.4, 8.5.3
Source
Clause 8.5.2. Current edition: ISO 22000:2018. Draft: ISO/DIS 22000:2026. Retrieved 2026-10-19. The full DIS text for 8.5.2 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.