Final Report of an Audit Conducted in the People's Republic of China to Evaluate Poultry Meat Inspection System and Establishments Producing Stuffed Grain Products
Executive Summary
This report describes the outcome of an on-site maintenance audit of the poultry meat inspection system and the assessment of five establishments producing grain products stuffed with ingredients (dumplings) based on the protocol (Importing and Exporting Grain Products Stuffed with Ingredients between China and Canada) between the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. The audit was conducted from September 11th to 20th, 2017 in the People's Republic of China.
The main objective of the audit was to verify that the food safety systems governing meat products in the People's Republic of China are functioning in a manner determined to be equivalent to that of Canada i.e. producing meat products that are safe, unadulterated, and properly labelled.
The scope of assessment focused on verification of activities within the following areas:
- Competent authority and oversight
- Ante-mortem, humane handling and animal welfare controls
- Slaughter and post-mortem
- Processing controls
- Pre-requisite programs and Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points
- Microbiological controls
- Chemical residues controls
Overall, the audit results showed that poultry meat inspection system in the People's Republic of China is performing as intended in an adequate manner and generally demonstrated an acceptable implementation of controls for all areas described above.
All five dumpling establishments were under normal production status on the auditing day and no major food safety issues were observed.
The CFIA has concluded that the inspection oversight and production system of the five dumpling establishments was adequate, and implementation of controls was acceptable. The five audited establishments will be able to export meat products to Canada once the required steps regarding finalization of import requirements, official meat inspection certificate, and listing of the establishments on the CFIA website are completed.
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