Transcript The Australian Meat Industries Response (AMIC) Response To

Australian Export Meat Inspection System
MINTRAC – 31 March 2011
History
• 2004-2005 AMIC approached AQIS about reform
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Strategic Evaluation Group
PHI
Alternate inspection models
Risk based inspection
• Dec 2008 Gov’t accepted Beale – remove funding
– No consultation
• Fees orders disallowed in the Senate
– Small operators
• AMIC worked with all parties to get senate to rescind
disallowance motion.
– Funding Package
– 7 point plan
• Legitimate cost of Government (Public Good)
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History
• 12 models presented
– Problems with Fair Work Act & market access
• MSEP the preferred route
– Moving feast
• US approached about AAOs as “Officials”
– Held to 1999 Federal register Notice
• MSEP + 1(FSMA)
– 2011 Federal Register Notice 4 March 2011
• AQIS has approached other markets
– All accepting, all will audit
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Malaysia audit last year
US audit last week
EU audit this week
Korea soon
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Currently
• AEMIS Implementation audits continuing
• AMIC discussing with Minister what is Fee
for Service
– Part of 7 point plan was an independent
review of the Legitimate Cost Of Government
– Moving feast made it hard to finalise earlier
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Technical barriers to Trade (export and import)
Animal health surveillance
Marginal cost/gold plated methods
FSMA – 3 years
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Currently
• AMIC agreed to help with fee break-up
after the cost of government review
• AMIC has provided all its information
about the senate agreement for the
Ministers consideration
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Roll Out timing
• Still aiming for 1 July 2010
– Assistance ends
– Current fees apply unless agreement is
reached
• Encouraging plants to keep preparing:
– do AEMIS audits
– Source AAos
• Train up (14 week from cert 2 to 3)
• Recruit
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Philosophy
• MSEP
– Integrate PM inspection into companies QA
system
– AQIS verify performance
• AEMIS
– AQIS maintain control of PM inspection
• Issue work PM instructions
• Deed of Obligation
– AQIS verify performance
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Whole system approach
• Animal health in Australia
• Approved Arrangements (HACCP, Integrity, AW)
• Meat microbiological and residue data
• Inspection
• Verification
• Process & Inspection
• Data and management
• Audit
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National Herd Disease Status
• Official OIE freedom from key diseases
– Foot and mouth disease, Rinderpest, Contagious bovine
pleuropneumonia, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
(Negligible Risk Category)
– Ongoing surveillance at Abattoirs to maintain status
• Successful bovine brucellosis and Tb eradication campaign
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Government costs >$850,000,000
Declared free from bovine brucellosis in July 1989
Declared free from bovine Tb in December 1997
FSIS accepted revised TB procedures 2010
• Ongoing projects
– C. Bovis, CLA, C. Ovis
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Microbiological Performance
Carcase
Salmonella
E. coli
Total # tests
Av. prevalence
Total # tests
Av. prevalence %
Cattle (10 yrs)
241, 939
4.44
53, 657
0.23
Sheep (10 yrs)
221, 120
19.19
49, 099
0.48
Average TVC count on cattle
carcasses 2000-2010
Average TVC count on sheep
carcasses 2000-2010
1.4
1.2
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0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
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1.5
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2010
2009
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2007
2006
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Residue Control
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National Vendor Declarations
Verification
• NRS
• Extended residue program – NLIS status
• TART, START
Commodity
Group
Samples Number of Residues
Collected analyses
over MRL
Metals
over ML
Cattle
5,732
85,848
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Sheep
5,475
58,023
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Other
4284
53374
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Total
15,426
195,930
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National Residue Survey (NRS) monitoring results, meat products 2008/09
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Inspection – International
Standards
• Codex Code Of Hygienic Practice For Meat
– Risk based
– Whole of chain
– Including animal and human health surveillance
• Standards set by government
– Including hygiene and ante- and post-mortem
• Performance against the standards verified by government
• Government defines competence and role of inspectors and
official (government) veterinarian
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AEMIS - Codex Compliance
AEMIS regulatory framework
• A full time government (AQIS) veterinarian (OPV)
Supported by
• Government defined processes/standards
• Whole of chain risk assessment
• Incidence of food borne disease
• Incoming livestock
• Process control
• Inspection
• Government defined competencies
• Government verification
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Government Veterinarian
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Full time presence at abattoirs (tier 2)
Roles:
Inspection, Supervision, and Verification
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Ante-mortem inspection, dispositions and reporting
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Oversight of PM Inspection
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Post-mortem inspection dispositions
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Post-mortem verification
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Monitoring, verification and audit of company compliance
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Food Safety Meat Assessors
Full time government food safety meat assessors (FSMA)
• Qualifications
– Certificate 4 in meat safety (national qualifications) and
– Food safety auditor competencies
• Roles
– Undertake carcase by carcase assessment to identify gross food
safety pathology and obvious contamination
– Assist the government veterinarian with post-mortem verification
on larger plants
– Work load assessment tool used as a guide
– Can be part time (daily or hourly)
• Pork Plants – still being discussed
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Post Mortem Inspection - AAO
Government (AQIS)
meat inspectors
Competencies
AQIS Authorised Officers
(not employed by AQIS)
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Certificate IV in meat processing
(meat safety)
Control
Competencies
Certificate IV in meat processing
(meat safety)
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Control
Veterinary supervision
Veterinary supervision
Public Service Act
• Professional / ethical
• Fit and proper
Deed of obligation
• Professional / ethical
• Fit and proper
Verification
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Veterinary oversight
Authorised under the Export Control Act,1982
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Verification
Veterinary oversight
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Post-mortem product verification
Post-mortem inspection process
verification
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Post Mortem Verification
Government veterinarian (OPV)
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Single inspector chains verifies FSMA doing PM Inspection
Assisted by FSMA on the end of the chain on some (Medium) plants
Assisted by roving FSMA on some larger plants (may be part time)
ACPs can still be used – Further policy needs to be developed
Post-mortem verification
• General OPV oversight / supervision
• OPV disposition of restricted slaughter carcases and other carcases /
parts as required
– Product verification (inspected heads, viscera and carcases)
• must meet set standards
• critical findings mean removal of authorised officer
– Process verification
• correct post-mortem procedures are followed
• critical findings mean removal of authorised officer
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Post Mortem Verification
Where verification identifies
• One (1) critical non-conformity or 1 serious procedural
deficiency at any time or
• Three (3) minor non-conformities with the product
standard or 3 minor deficiencies in the inspection
procedure within 25 working days
– The person concerned shall be removed from the position and
replaced with someone who is competent
Note: corrective action is implemented for each non-conformity
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Product Hygiene Index
Key Performance Indicators
Plant
Sanitation
Carcase
• Plant, personal and Equipment hygiene
(TVC)
• Meat Hygiene Assessment (MHA)
• Micro – TVC, E. coli
• Meat Hygiene Assessment (MHA)
PHI
Offal
Boning
room
• Meat Hygiene Assessment (MHA)
• Hygiene of packaged product (CMA)
• Micro of packaged product - TVC,
coliforms
• Refrigeration Index
Refrigeration
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Performance
PHI reporting
PHI
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Carcase
Offal
Boning room
macroscopic assessment
(carcases, meat)
Packaged
product
E coli
TVCs
coliforms
microbiological assessment
(plant, carcases, meat)
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PHI Reporting and Analysis
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1.5
Median
Est Value
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Sep
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Dec
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Data Capture and Reporting
• Audit Management system
– Establishment and national data
– Replacement for NEVs
• Audit outcomes
• PHI data and trends
• Post-mortem verification
• Reports by activity
• Reports of non-compliances
• Dashboard
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Summary
• Change is coming
– 1 July 2011
• Still are funding issues to resolve
• Be prepared
– Get AAOs
• Foreign Audits are coming
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