HACCP certification in Egypt

HACCP certification in Egypt at a glance

Before any certificate, a food business in Egypt needs a plan for the hazards in its own process, and that plan is HACCP. The National Food Safety Authority, created by Law No. 1 of 2017, registers and controls factories, slaughterhouses, packing houses and fishery processors, and caterers and suppliers are asked by customers to show hazard analysis and monitoring records. HACCP is a method rather than an accredited scope: Global ACI lists the Egyptian Accreditation Council for ISO 22000 and for FSSC 22000 scheme parts, which are the usual routes to a certificate, so ask your buyer which evidence it accepts. The Codex Alimentarius guidelines are the common source of the principles. Sterling's Dubai office helps producers build flow diagrams, hazard analyses, critical limits and verification records, with Effivity and Sterling Academy included with the engagement.

Who needs HACCP in Egypt, and what happens without it

In Egypt the question rarely comes from a law. It comes from the buyer, the regulator or the partner that wants proof before it signs. These are the organisations that get asked.

• Small and mid-sized food producersA HACCP-based plan is the practical starting point for controlling hazards, and customers ask to see it.
• Slaughterhouses, packing houses and fishery processorsNFSA's site lists separate departments and registration routes for these activities, where hazard control is central.
• Caterers, hotels and institutional kitchensHotels and hospitals ask caterers for documented hazard analysis and monitoring records.
• Suppliers to retailers and food manufacturersLarger customers require documented HACCP from the suppliers feeding their plants.
• Plants preparing for ISO 22000 or FSSC 22000A working HACCP plan is the technical core those standards expect.

HACCP requirements in Egypt

Strip away the vocabulary and HACCP asks a food business to prove six things about how it controls food safety hazards.

In Egypt these six sit alongside the local laws and regulations listed under drivers below; one system can evidence both. The detail is on the global hub: HACCP explained →

• HACCP requirements, clause by clause in plain language

How to get HACCP certified in Egypt

One team from the Dubai office carries the work from scoping to certificate. Clients across Egypt are served from Sterling's Dubai office, on-site where the work needs it and remotely otherwise.

1. Discovery call and scopeEntities, locations, regulators and target date, agreed before any proposal.
2. Gap assessment against HACCP and the Egyptian requirements that apply to youControls you already run for your regulators and customers are reused, not rebuilt.
3. Your system built with your team in EffivityRisks, controls, evidence, incidents and reviews in one live system the auditor can see.
4. Internal audit, management review and corrective actionsYour internal auditors trained by Sterling; the evidence proven before the certification body arrives.
5. Certification body stage 1 and stage 2, then surveillanceAn accredited body audits and decides. Sterling supports the audits and the three-year cycle.

The Sterling Promise: 100% on-time completion, 100% success, 8,100+ client engagements.Sterling does not certify. Certification decisions stay with independent bodies.

• The HACCP certification process, step by step
• HACCP internal audit

How long does HACCP certification take in Egypt?

There is no standard duration: it depends on your scope and on how much of the system already runs. In Egypt these are the factors that set the timeline.

• Number of products, process flows and sites
• State of prerequisite programmes and hygiene zoning
• Monitoring and verification records to establish
• Scheduling around Ramadan production peaks

Sterling agrees a dated plan with you on the discovery call, once the scope is known.

• Scope and timeline estimator

How much does HACCP certification cost in Egypt?

The cost has two parts: the consulting work to build and prove the system, and the certification body’s audit fees, which are quoted separately. In Egypt these factors move both.

• Number of products and process steps analysed
• Monitoring, thermometers and metal detection equipment
• Laboratory testing for verification
• Fees of any third-party audit or later ISO 22000 certification

Sterling gives one customised, all-inclusive proposal after the discovery call, never before the scope is agreed.

• What makes up the cost of HACCP

HACCP consultants and certification bodies in Egypt

Two different organisations are involved. A consultant helps you build the system and prove it works; an accredited certification body then audits or assesses it and decides. Keeping the two separate is what makes the result credible to buyers and regulators.

• Check that the body’s accreditation or approval covers HACCP and your sector, and that its certificates can be verified online.
• Ask the consultant how the local requirements in Egypt are mapped into the same system, so nothing runs twice.
• Ask for client references in your sector; Sterling’s client letters are available on request.
• Agree who owns the evidence and the tool after the engagement; with Sterling the system stays yours, in Effivity.

HACCP in Egypt: questions clients ask

More on HACCP for Egyptian organisations

• HACCP: the complete guide
• Watch: How to implement HACCP
• HACCP certification in Egypt and every other standard Sterling delivers there

Other standards Egyptian businesses ask Sterling for

Organisations in Egypt often combine HACCP with one of these, under one management system where the scopes allow.

All 21 standards Sterling delivers in Egypt →