The Foundation FSSC recently announced the suspension of new CB applications for the FSSC 22000 Scheme for 12 months, until March 14, 2026, due to an increasing strain of new applicants to their system.
They have ensured about CBs that submitted their application prior to the March 14, 2025 deadlline will still be kept onboard. The rest of the applications received after this will be discarded.
These unused pauses in applications will allow the Foundation to address the selected CBs in the application pool CBs that pause in application workload and the Integrity Program team to focus on other areas that require more attention.
Application procedure:
The application process for a licensed FSSC Certification Body (CB) requires first meeting the CB criteria laid out in the relevant FSSC Scheme (FSSC 22000 or FSSC 24000) for licensing application in part 4, section 2.1 of both Schemes.
If you would like to be appointed as a CB after meeting the prerequisites, kindly fill out the Scheme-based application form (which you can find in the link below) and send the completed application to FSSC via email at [email protected], so that they can begin the process for issuing the CB license.
FSSC will consider your application after you forward the application form. In case your application is favorable, you will be onboarded into the FSSC Onboarding Program. Further information regarding this Program will be provided once you reach out to FSSC post submitting your application request.
Charges for CB FSSC 22000 and FSSC 24000 licenced
The charges outlined here will change on the 2025 date for licensed CBs for FSSC 22000 and FSSC 24000:
These charges apply separately to each Scheme, FSSC 22000 and FSSC 24000, and are not to be accumulated and/or merged.
The initial, one-off CB entry charge is: € 10.000
The charge per audit report uploaded to the Portal by the FSSC is: € 295. These will be received from the Certified Organization (through the CB). The CB will notify their Certified Organizations as needed.
Charge per audit report uploaded to the Portal by the FSSC is paid by the CB and invoiced at least annually.
Fees for Organizations with Multi-Site Certification
The cost of each audit report uploaded to the FSSC Portal is priced at €295.
Moreover, for each site certified under the scope of the multi-site, as mentioned on the certificate, an additional charge of €50 will apply.
This fee is only applicable for Initial certification and Recertification audits.
Multi-site certification is described in Part 3, clause 5.3 of the Scheme requirements.
For further details, check the following link: https://www.fssc.com/trust/requirements-licensed-cbs/
