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FSSC 22000 version 6.0 becomes mandatory as of 1 April 2024. And interestingly, in the Board of Stakeholders Decision List for the March 2024 period, it is stated that the amendment to ISO 22000 released in February 2024 regarding climate change must be adopted in FSSC 22000 version 6.0. Climate change for us individually, may be almost imperceptible and we are not aware of it. Most likely, we will only complain about the air temperature being a bit hotter or the rainfall being erratic. Today, we learned together about the impact of climate change on various management systems, especially the food safety management system that I specialize in. Climate change apparently has an impact on increasing the number of pathogens in the environment, cases of foodborne disease, increasing environmental temperatures which make it more comfortable and expanding the reach of pests, thus requiring the use of more pesticides, algal blooms expansion, heavy metal contamination, increasing cases of mycotoxins, and so on. Moreover, the impact on food availability which can lead to food fraud. The more you explore climate change topic, the more interesting it becomes. Do we need to create a Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA) and Climate Change Impact Chain (CCIC) specifically for this food safety sector? This will be a very long and fun discussion. If you are interested, please review the recording of my climate change webinar today. Thank you. Catalyst Consulting https://lnkd.in/gigVu7Qb