Food Safety Management Programs: Applications, Best Practices, and Compliance : CRC Press : 9781439826799 : 143982679X : 20 Dec 2013 : "For more than 20 years, we have heard talk about International Standardization Organization (ISO)-based standards and whether or not there is a place for these standards in the food industry. The majority of the food industry felt we had all the regulations and requirements necessary to produce safe products of the highest quality. Is this really true? ISO compliance was only required if the product was shipped overseas. ISO required too much documentation. It cost too much. It just wasn't needed. It was difficult to understand the internal advantages of having a structured system. Over the years, some companies who decided to try the ISO-based standards system have seen many advantages; others still wonder if it was worthwhile. It is hard to put a dollar savings on something like a recall that didn't happen! So now, in today's world, we ask again, "Is