Foreign Inspection Program Reviews Revised April2007

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Food Safety and

Inspection Service

Donald Smart

Director, International Audit Staff

Office of International Affairs



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Food Safety and Inspection Service

The Food Safety and Inspection Service, a

public health regulatory agency of the U.S.Department of Agriculture, protects

consumers by ensuring that meat, poultry, and

egg products are safe, holesome, andaccurately labeled.



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OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

InternationalEquivalence

Staff

ImportInspectionDivision

Import-Exportro!rams Staff

FSIS Co"exro!ram Staff

InternationalAu"it Staff



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International Audit Staff

# Manzoor Chaudry, DVM, Deputy Director

# Farooq Ahmad, DVM# Gary Bolstad, DVM

# Don Carlson, DVM

# Faiz Choudry, DVM

# ori Cra!er, DVM# Alam "han, DVM

# #im "in$, DVM

# Ale% &auro, DVM

# 'ader Memarian, DVM#



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Argentina

Australia

Austria

Belgium

Brazil

Canada

Chile

China

Costa Rica

Croatia Czech

Republic Denmark England Finland France

Germany Hondura

s Hungary Iceland

Current Appro!ed Countries +Acti!e

Ireland

Israel Italy

apan

!e"ico

#etherlands

#e$ %ealand

#icaragua

#orthern

&oland

Romania 'an !arino

'lo(akia

'lo(enia

'pain

'$eden

'$itzerland

)ruguay



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-urpose of International Audit

#o !erify that a country.s inspection system

meets the equi!alency requirements of the

Federal Meat Inspection Act, -oultry

-roducts Inspection Act, and /$$ -roducts

Inspection Act0



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# (ne Audit (fficer is assi$ned to each

country0

# /ach country is audited annually, or more

often if necessary0# Audit includes e%amination of inspection

records, la*oratories, esta*lishments, and

!arious le!els of $o!ernment o!ersi$ht0



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I'#/'A#I('A& A)DI# -(C/D)/S

# Audit (fficer holds pre1audit *riefin$ 2ith

(ffice of International Affairs0

# Discusses any pre!ious audit issues, and

plans !isits to esta*lishments, la*oratories,and $o!ernment offices0



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I'#/'A#I('A& A)DI# -(C/D)/S

# After arri!in$ in country, holds entrance

meetin$ 2ith )0S0 /m*assy officials and

country inspection officials0

# Discusses any pre!ious audit issues andfinalizes audit itinerary0



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I'#/'A#I('A& A)DI# -(C/D)/S

# Auditor conducts a 3Systems Audit4, not an

esta*lishment1*y1esta*lishment audit0

# Audits all aspects of inspection system

controls, esta*lishment controls, $o!ernmento!ersi$ht, and inspection policies and

procedures0



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I'#/'A#I('A& A)DI# -(C/D)/S

# Fi!e ris5 areas co!ered *y the audit are6

# Sanitation Controls,

# Animal Disease Controls,

# Slau$hter7-rocessin$ Controls,# esidue Controls, and

# /nforcement



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I'#/'A#I('A& A)DI# -(C/D)/S

# Audit standards6

# FSIS &a2s and e$ulations

# /qui!alence determinations +if any

# /C Directi!es found to *e equi!alent per

/)7)S Veterinary /qui!alence A$reement

+in /) mem*er countries



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I'#/'A#I('A& A)DI# -(C/D)/S

# After completion of all of the on1site audit

acti!ities, an e%it meetin$ is held 2ith country

officials to $o o!er the audit results0

# Audit results are detailed in a -o2er-ointpresentation 2ith copies pro!ided to the

participants0



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I'#/'A#I('A& A)DI# -(C/D)/S

# /%it meetin$s 2ith /uropean )nion

mem*er states are held 2ith *oth the country

officials and /uropean Commission

representati!es0

# )pon return to the )0S0, the auditor

prepares a comprehensi!e country report

that is re!ie2ed *y super!isors 2ithin (IA0



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I'#/'A#I('A& A)DI# -(C/D)/S

# A 3Draft Final4 audit report is sent to the

country for comment 89 days after

completion of the on1site audit0

# Finalized country reports are posted on theInternet at6

# http6772220fsis0usda0$o!7e$ulations:;:-olicies7Forei$n:Audit:eports7inde%0asp

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Regulations_&_Policies/Foreign_Audit_Reports/index.asp

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Regulations_&_Policies/Foreign_Audit_Reports/index.asp



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If you ha!e any questions or concerns a*out

this presentation, please contact6

Donald Smart 1 +<9= ><<1?@99

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Manzoor Chaudry 1 +<9= ><<1?@9=

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Foreign Inspection Program Reviews Revised April2007