Evaluating the food safety systems governing the production of pork and poultry meat and meat products for export to Canada
1. Introduction
CFIA conducted an audit of the EU's pork, poultry and processing meat inspection systems from February 23 through March 13, 2015. The CFIA selected the following four EU MS for this audit based on various factors including country profiles, FVO and USDA - Food Safety and Agriculture (FSIS) audit observations, import compliance history, and interest expressed by the MS in exporting meat products to Canada.
- Greece (from February 23 through 26, 2015)
- Poland (from March 2 through March 6, 2015)
- Croatia (from March 7 through 13, 2015)
- Slovenia (from March 7 through 13, 2015)
The audit began with opening meetings in each MS which were held in Athens (Greece), Warsaw (Poland), Zagreb (Croatia) and Ljubljana (Slovenia) with the participation of representatives from the respective Central Competent Authorities (CCA), the CFIA auditors, and, the representatives from the Canadian Embassies in the European Union (EU) and in Greece, Slovenia and Croatia. Representatives of the European Commission Directorate General for Health & Food Safety, DG-SANTE and other competent authorities (CA) also attended the opening meetings.
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