The results, in plain words
- Scope incomplete names the missing answer. A blank or unsure answer is never read as a yes.
- No certificate explains why no revision date applies.
- Old edition: status check covers a 2005 certificate and asks for a register check before any planning.
- FSSC V6: last audit window, FSSC V7 upgrade and FSSC V7 required use the scheme's own dates, not the ISO estimate.
- Cycle ends before the planning assumption means your renewal decision comes first.
- Plan now means the draft work lands inside the current cycle.
- Plan around your next audit means the next audit is a checkpoint, not a confirmed transition audit.
- Planning assumption passed means the estimate is behind us; it does not confirm publication.
- Certificate expired means the date on the certificate is in the past.
The planning assumption is 2027-09-12, not an ISO date and not a deadline. No transition arrangement for this revision is published, so no result declares a transition audit.
Not legal advice; does not certify. The check compares your dates with a planning estimate. The transition period comes from the international accreditation framework, now the Global Accreditation Cooperation, and is applied by your certification body.
How the verdict is computed
The check compares four dates: today, your certificate expiry, your next audit and the planning date. It then looks at whether the four named additions have been reviewed. It does not score your system and it does not guess. Each verdict states the rule it used, so you can disagree with the rule rather than with an opaque number.
Why the new clauses are in the check
Food safety culture, food defence, food fraud prevention and complaints management are the four additions the draft foreword names. They are also the four areas where a site is most likely to have activity but no evidence. The check uses them as a readiness signal, not as a pass or fail.
Read the full change record or start with the clause pages. Holding FSSC 22000? The Version 7 clock is separate.