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AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT INSPECTION SERVICES Mooketsa Ramasodi Directorate Agricultural Product Inspection Services Trade Awareness Workshop Polokwane, 13 August 2009 Overview of the presentation 1) WTO Intro 2) Structure 3) Core Functions 4) Legislative mandate 5) Key deliverables 6) Trade requirements 7) Footprint 8) Inspection requirements 9) Inspection processes 10)Integrated Measures 11)Challenges 12)Summary 13)Acknowledgement 2 Coverage of WTO SPS and TBT - Technical Barriers to Trade Agreement Agreements - Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement Technical Regulation Any other Objective Protect Human Life Protect Animal Life From risks arising from From risks arising from Additives contaminants toxins or diseasecausing organism in their foods plant or animal carried diseases TBT 3 Protect Plant Life Protect a Country From risks arising from From risks arising from Additives Pests toxins diseases pests disease-causing organisms diseases disease-causing organisms SPS Structure Food Safety and Biosecurity WTO Biosecurity Food Safety Agreements (SPS/TBT) Directorates S Policy Operations FS & QA PS TBT BS PH APIS Inspection Services 4 ZS VS VQPH Core Functions Administration and services delivery in terms of more than 10 Acts of Parliament Core functions, methods, products and services clustered into 40 groups e.g. Protocols and work programs Inspections Audits Permits etc 5 Legislative mandate Agricultural Pests Act, 1983 Agricultural Products Standards Act, 1990 Liquor Products Act, 1989 Plant Improvement Act, 1976 Plant Breeder’s Rights Act, 1989 Genetically Modified Organisms Act, 1997 Fertilizers, Farm Feeds, Agricultural Remedies and Stock Remedies Act, 1947 Meat Safety Act, 2000 Animal Diseases Act, 1984 Conservation of Agricultural Resources Act, 1983 International Agreements (WTO-SPS, WTO-TBT, CBD, ISTA) 6 Department of Science & Technology National Biotechnology Strategy 2001 Department of Agriculture GMO Act, 1997 (Amendment in 2006) Cartagena Protocol for Biosafety-2003 - Competent Authority 7 Department of Department of Environmental Trade and Affairs Industry National Environmental Management Act, 1998 National Environmental Biodiversity Act, 2004 Convention on Biological Diversity / Cartagena Protocol Focal Point Consumer Protection Act, 2008 Department of Health Foodstuffs, Cosmetics, and Disinfectants Act, 1972 (Act 54 of 1972) CODEX Alimentarius Contact Point Key deliverables Inspections Investigations Audits Surveys Rapid response 8 APIS Footprint 9 Trade Requirements Imports Exports Domestic • Import permit • Export requirements (Permit, Directive, Protocols) • Movement permits (where there are control measures) • Quality certificate • Compliance to regulations (grading, labeling, content, germination rates etc) • Phytosanitary certificate /Vet Health Certificate • Declaration at the port of entry 10 • Phytosanitary certificate • Cold treatment certification Inspections at a glance Assumptions in the application of inspections 11 Regulated articles for inspections Plants, animals and their products The pests or diseases of Storage facilities concern, or the signs or symptoms they cause are visually Packaging material including detectable dunnage Inspection is operationally Conveyances and transport possible facilities Some probability of pests and Soil, fertilizers and related diseases being undetected is materials recognised Traveller’s personal effects moving internationally International mail Specific Requirements for inspections • Documents must be complete, consistent, valid and not fraudulent Document checks • Verification of consignment identity and integrity • Visual examination for pests, diseases or other non Inspections conformities • Nature of the inspection findings determines the type of decisions to be adopted Regulatory • These decisions include certifications, releases, destructions, refusal of entry, confistications. decisions 12 Inspection Processes Border Control Export Control Domestic Control Declaration of a consignment Request from a client Request from clients or DAFF initiated Import requirements Export requirements Domestic requirements Sampling and inspection Sampling and inspection Risk management decisions Risk management decisions Sampling and inspection Risk management decisions 13 Inspection is about compliance verification to ensure ALOP Integrated measures in a systems approach Integrated Measures Pack house Inspection Field Inspection Port Inspection Certification/Risk Control Measures 14 Risk Control Measures Eradication Prohibitions Seizures Detentions Destructions Authorizations - Certificates - Permits - Authorizations - Reports - Orders Challenges Non compliance - Awareness, Laxity, Greed Surveillance (early warning systems) - Bactrocera invadens, AFB Biology of pests and diseases - Pests and diseases do not require passports Smuggling - Proliferation of smuggling coupled with corruption 15 In summary Exports Importing country’s requirements Inspections Certification decisions Compliance monitoring Interceptions Pre - Border Border Risk Assessment Risk Management Decisions Early Warning 16 Imports Post - Border Trade Control Surveillance Compliance monitoring Acknowledgements Thank you Appreciation to all colleagues at the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries for their support in preparation of this presentation Mooketsa Ramasodi 012 319 6321 or e mail [email protected] 17