Final Report of an Audit Carried Out in Israel Covering Israel's Poultry Inspection System, October 29 through November 12, 2006

摘要

The audit took place in Israel from October 29 through November 12, 2006. An opening meeting was held on October 29, 2006, in Beit Dagan with the Central Competent Authority (CCA). At this meeting, the auditors confirmed the objective and scope of the audit, the auditors' itinerary, and requested additional information needed to complete the audit of Israel's poultry inspection system. The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) auditors were accompanied during the entire audit by representatives from the CCA and/or representatives from the district offices. This is a follow-up audit to the routine audit of November/December 2005 with two objectives. The first 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 poultry products to the United States. The second objective was to assess the status of corrective actions taken as a result of deficiencies identified in the FSIS November/December 2005 audit of Israel's poultry inspection system. In pursuit of the objective, the following sites were visited: the headquarters of the CCA, the two regional veterinary offices, seven local offices at the establishment level, one laboratory performing microbiological testing on United States-destined product, two poultry slaughter establishments, and five poultry-processing establishments.