SYNOPSIS

ISO 9001 is a quality management system (QMS) standard which was published as part of the ISO 9000 series standards for quality assurance and quality management in 1987 by ISO Technical Committee 176. The current edition of ISO 9001 is 4th edition which was revised on 15th November 2008.

The standard can be adopted on a voluntary basis or as per regulatory & statutory requirements in all economic sectors including the food chain. The food chain encompasses categories of animal farming, plants farming, processing of perishable animal products including all activities after farming, e.g. slaughtering, processing of perishable vegetal products, processing of products with long shelf life at ambient  temperature, feed production, catering, distribution, services, transport and storage, equipment manufacturing, bio-chemical manufacturing and packaging material manufacturing. QMS requirements are generic and are applicable to all sizes organizations within the food chain which may cover the scope of preparation, processing, packaging, storage & distribution until serving the product for customer consumption.

The implementation of QMS involves 2 stages namely the documentation and practical implementation. The values of an effective ISO 9001:2008 in the food chain are new markets for goods and services, enhanced customer satisfaction, increased cost effectiveness, operational sustainability and other benefits.


BIODATA OF SPEAKERS

Ir. Othman Abdul Kadir graduated in Ship Science in 1979 from Southampton University. He started his career with the Royal Malaysian Navy as a Professional Duty Commissioned Officer. Positions held include Naval Overseer for new construction project and Staff Officer (II) Projects.  He left the service in 1984 with the rank of Lt Cdr RMN. He then joined Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in the Marine Technology Dept as a lecturer in 1984 and subsequently joined Petronas Marine Dept in 1986.

In 1988, Ir. Othman joined  Lloyd’s Register as a Surveyor and  rose to the position of Country Manager. Served Lloyd’s Register for 13 years and continued career with Bureau Veritas in 2002 as the Country Chief Executive for Malaysia and Brunei. He is actively involved with the Malaysian Joint Branch of Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA) and Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology (IMarEST) since its inception and was in the Committee since mid 1990s as Committee Member, Vice Chairman and Chairman. Ir Othman is Current Chairman, Malaysia Joint Branch RINA and IMarEST session 2012/2013. He is also a Committee Member of the Marine Engineering and Naval Architecture Technical Division of IEM.

Since 2011, Mr Othman has been appointed as the Chairman of the Marine Interest Group of Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology (MiGHT).