Final Report of an Audit Carried Out in Australia Covering Australia's Meat Inspection System, August 22 through September 20, 2007

摘要

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the United States Department of Agriculture conducted an audit of the Australian meat inspection system August 22 through September 20, 2007. An opening meeting was held on August 22, 2007, in Canberra with the Central Competent Authority (CCA) -Australia Quarantine and Inspection Scrvice (AQIS). At this meeting, the auditor confirmed the objective and scope of the audit and the auditor's itinerary, and requested additional information needed to complete the audit of Australia's meat inspection system. Representatives from AQIS' headquarters and/or representatives from AQIS' regional and local inspection offices accompanied the auditor during each audit activity. The objective was to (1) determine whether the concerns identified during thc 2006 audit had been appropriately addressed, and (2) evaluate the performance of AQIS with respect to government oversight and enforcement of the AQIS and FSIS regulatory requirements relative to maintaining an inspection system equivalent to that of the United States. This included special emphasis regarding the CCA's oversight of slaughter establishments' implementation of controls to prevent contamination of carcasses with feces or ingesta and knowledge and application of the FSlS regulatory requirements.