The requirement that applies today
The organization implements and maintains the hazard control plan and keeps evidence of the implementation as documented information.
ISO 22000:2018, 8.5.4.5 Hazard control plan: implementation; ISO/DIS 22000:2026, 8.5.4.5.
What the draft does
Subclause of 8.5.4; not listed separately in the public contents: The public contents name 8.5.4 at this position but do not list its subclauses. The subclause structure shown here comes from the held current edition; whether the draft keeps it is sold by ISO and not held here.
Source: public contents and foreword at 8.5.4.5, retrieved 2026-10-19.
Why this clause matters
The shortest subclause in the operation carries the biggest practical risk: a plan that is not implemented is a paper system. Evidence means records from the line, not a signed cover sheet. A transition audit will sample exactly this.
Suggested evidence to discuss with your auditor
For 8.5.4.5, these are the artefacts we suggest discussing with your auditor. The standard publishes no evidence list, so this is our reading, not a requirement.
- Monitoring records for the current period, complete and signed
- Evidence that the plan is the version in use at the point of control
- A record of the last review of implementation, with actions
Where systems usually fall short
- Records completed retrospectively
- A plan approved but never rolled out to a new line
How to prepare
Pick a day last month at random and pull every monitoring record for that day. Gaps, blanks or identical handwriting tell you whether the plan is implemented or reconstructed. Do the same for a shift change and for a product changeover, because those are the moments when a paper plan and a running line drift apart.
Dates
Cross-references
8.5.4.1, 8.5.4.3, 8.8.1, 7.5.3
Source
Clause 8.5.4.5. Current edition: ISO 22000:2018. Draft: ISO/DIS 22000:2026. Retrieved 2026-10-19. The full DIS text for 8.5.4.5 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.