Final Report of an Audit Carried Out in Argentina Covering Argentina's Meat Inspection System, July 13 through August 8, 2007

摘要

The audit took place in Argentina from July 13 through August 8, 2007. An opening meeting was held on July 13, 2007, in Buenos Aires with the Central Competent Authority (CCA). In this meeting, the auditor confirmed the objective and scope of the audit, the auditor's itinerary, and requested additional information needed to complete the audit of Argentina's meat inspection system. The auditor was accompanied during the entire audit activities by representatives from the CCA, the National Service for Animal Health and Agro-Food Quality (SENASA), and representatives from the provincial offices and local inspection offices. This was a routine annual audit. The objective of the audit was to evaluate the performance of the CCA with respect to controls over the slaughter and processing establishments certified by the CCA as eligible to export meat products to the United States. In pursuit of the objective, the following sites were visited: the headquarters of the CCA, two provincial offices, two laboratories performing analytical testing on United States- eligible product, two slaughter and fabrication establishments, one slaughter, fabrication, and cooking establishment, one slaughter, fabrication, and canning establishment, one cooking establishment, and one slaughter, fabrication, cooking, canning, and extraction establishment.