Final Report of an Audit Carried Out in Australia Covering Australia's Meat Inspection System, May 26 through June 30, 2005

摘要

The audit took place in Australia from May 26 through June 30, 2005. An opening meeting was held on May 26, 2005, in Canberra with the Central Competent Authority (CCA) -Australia Quarantine Inspection Service (AQIS). At this meeting, the audit team confirmed the objective and scope of the audit, the auditors' itineraries, and requested additional information needed to complete the audit of Australia's meat inspection system. Each auditor was accompanied during the entire audit by representatives from AQIS' headquarters and/or representatives from AQIS' regional and local inspection offices. In addition, on contract with AQIS, non-government microbiologists accompanied one auditor to the microbiology laboratories. This audit was an enforcement audit. The objective was to evaluate the performance of the CCA with respect to government oversight and enforcement of the U.S. import inspection requirements relative to exporting meat and meat products to the United States. In pursuit of the objective, the following sites were visited: AQIS headquarters and five regional and 19 local inspection offices, and eight microbiology laboratories performing analytical testing on meat products destined for the United States.