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8.5.3

Validation of control measures and combinations

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

The requirement that applies today

The food safety team validates that the selected control measures can actually achieve the intended control of each significant hazard. Validation happens before the measures go into the hazard control plan and again after any change. If validation shows the measures cannot achieve the intended control, the team modifies and re-assesses them. The validation method and the evidence that the measures are capable are kept as documented information.

ISO 22000:2018, 8.5.3 Validation of control measures and combinations; ISO/DIS 22000:2026, 8.5.3.

What the draft does

Unchanged title: The public contents keep 8.5.3 at the same number and title. No structural change is shown.

Source: public contents and foreword at 8.5.3, retrieved 2026-10-19.

Why this clause matters

Validation answers the question "would this actually work", before the site relies on it. Verification, later, asks whether it did work. Teams often have verification records and no validation evidence, especially for existing lines that were never challenged. The revision keeps the requirement.

Suggested evidence to discuss with your auditor

For 8.5.3, 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 validation record for each control measure or combination, with the method
  • The scientific, technical or experimental basis for the limit or criterion
  • Re-validation after a process or product change

Where systems usually fall short

  • A critical limit copied from guidance with no validation for this product
  • Validation done once at commissioning and never revisited

How to prepare

Pick the control that carries the highest risk and show the evidence that it works for this product, this process and this equipment. If the evidence is a generic guideline, say so and plan a challenge test or a literature review.

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

8.5.2.4, 8.5.4, 8.8.1, 10.4

Source

Clause 8.5.3. Current edition: ISO 22000:2018. Draft: ISO/DIS 22000:2026. Retrieved 2026-10-19. The full DIS text for 8.5.3 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.