Operational guidance (OG) provides information on how inspectors perform their inspection activities and must be used in conjunction with Industry Guidance (IG) that provides information on how industry can comply with the regulations.
Services and information
Permission issuance
Domestic, import or export permission-related inspection activities, licensing, export certification, import admissibility
Sample collection
Planned and as required sampling, national sampling plans, compliance verification, complaints and investigations, surveys and surveillance
Commodity inspection
Verification against regulatory standards or requirements, analysis of a product or thing
Preventive control inspection
Evaluation of preventive controls, traceability requirements
Incident response
Food complaint investigations, food safety investigations, risk-specific responses
Regulatory response
Respond to risk and non-compliance, control actions, enforcement actions
Special project
Projects with specified time frames, more than one inspection activity type