Final Report of an Audit Carried Out in the Netherlands Covering the Netherland's Meat Inspection System, March 7 through March 27, 2007

摘要

The audit took place in the Netherlands from March 7 through March 27, 2007. An opening meeting was held on March 7, 2007, in The Hague with the Central Competent Authority (CCA). At this meeting, the auditor confirmed the objective and scope of the audit, the auditor's itinerary, and requested additional information needed to complete the audit of the Netherlands' meat inspection system. The auditor was accompanied during the entire audit by representatives from the CCA, the Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (VWA), and representatives from the east regional office. This audit was a routine annual audit and included two objectives. The first and main objective of the audit was to evaluate the performance of the CCA with respect to controls over the slaughter and processing establishments certified by the CCA as eligible to export meat products to the United States. In pursuit of the objective of the audit, the following sites were visited: the headquarters of the CCA, one regional inspection office, one team office, one laboratory performing microbiology testing on United States-destined product, three swine slaughter establishments and two meat processing establishments.