ISO 9001:2026 took its biggest step of the year this week: the revision is now officially listed by ISO as “under publication,” keeping the September release on track. Elsewhere in the pipeline, the ISO 22000 food safety revision closed its draft ballot, and the window to comment on the ISO 45001 draft entered its final five weeks. Here is what Philippine certificate holders and compliance teams should know.
ISO 9001:2026 passes its final ballot stage — now “under publication”
The official ISO project page for the 9001 revision has moved to stage 60.00 — “International Standard under publication” — the stage that follows a successful ballot on the Final Draft International Standard, which closed on 10 July. In plain terms: voting is over, the last gate has been cleared, and the text is in ISO’s production pipeline, a process the page indicates can take up to seven weeks. That keeps publication on course for September 2026. Nothing changes for certified organizations yet — ISO 9001:2015 remains the only version you can be certified against until the new edition is released and certification bodies are accredited for it, and the formal transition period (historically three years, set by accreditation-body resolution) will be confirmed around publication. What has changed is certainty: the sensible move in August is to complete a gap review and brief leadership now, because the transition clock starts within weeks.
ISO 22000 revision closes its draft ballot
Quietly, on 30 July, voting closed on the Draft International Standard of the revised ISO 22000, according to the official project page, which now shows the food safety management standard at the “close of voting” stage. The twelve-week ballot began in early May, and the revised edition — which will replace ISO 22000:2018 — remains expected in 2027. Philippine food manufacturers, processors and exporters, including those certified under FSSC 22000 (which is built on ISO 22000), need take no action yet; the practical step is to pencil the transition into 2027–2028 budget planning alongside any other standards in your portfolio.
Five weeks left to comment on the ISO 45001 draft
The ballot on the Draft International Standard of the revised occupational health and safety standard runs until 8 September 2026, per ISO/TC 283, with the revised edition still expected in 2027. The draft’s direction — stronger expectations on psychosocial risk and worker well-being among them — is now effectively fixed unless national bodies push back. Safety teams who want Philippine working conditions reflected should route comments through the Bureau of Philippine Standards before the window closes.
AI governance certification gains ground — a signal for BPOs
US advisory firm Aprio was reported this week to have secured ANAB accreditation (effective earlier this year) to certify organizations against ISO/IEC 42001, the AI management system standard — one more sign that accredited 42001 certification is moving from novelty to mainstream infrastructure. For BPO and IT-BPM providers deploying AI in client operations, the direction of travel is clear: the privacy regulator has already warned that accountability for third-party AI stays with the deploying company, and clients will increasingly ask for certifiable proof of AI governance alongside ISO 27001 and ISO 27701.
Transition deadlines at a glance
- ISO/IEC 27701:2025 (published 14 October 2025) — certified organizations must transition by 31 October 2028.
- ISO 14001:2026 (published April 2026) — transition ends 30 April 2029; certification bodies stop issuing ISO 14001:2015 certificates to new clients after 31 October 2027.
- ISO 9001:2026 — under publication; release expected September 2026, with a three-year transition anticipated to follow.
- ISO 45001 — revised edition expected 2027; the DIS ballot closes 8 September 2026.
- ISO 22000 — revised edition expected 2027; DIS voting closed 30 July 2026.
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