Final Report of an Audit Carried Out in Uruguay Covering Uruguay's Meat Inspection System, March 7 through March 29, 2007

摘要

The audit took place in Uruguay from March 7 through March 29, 2007. An opening meeting was held on March 7, 2007, in Montevideo with the Central Competent Authority (CCA). At this meeting, the auditors confirmed the objective and scope of the audit, the auditor's itinerary, and requested additional information needed to complete the audit of Uruguay's meat inspection system. The auditor was accompanied during the entire audit by representatives from the CCA; the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries. This audit was a routine audit with three objectives. The first objective 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. The second objective was to assess the status of corrective actions taken as a result of deficiencies identified in the FSIS NovemberIDecember 2005 audit of Uruguay's meat inspection system. The third objective was to verify the implementation of FSIS regulatory requirements regarding non-ambulatory disabled cattle and Specified Risk Materials (SRM) in cattle. In pursuit of the objectives, the following sites were visited: the headquarters of the CCA, eight government offices at the establishment level, one laboratory performing analytical testing on United States-destined product, six slaughter and processing establishments, and two meat processing establishments.