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Northern Ireland gets a green light for raw pork exports in the US

Hygiene & Biosecurity

USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) published the final report after a favourable on-site audit of the country’s meat inspection system.

Posted on Mar 14 ,15:04

Northern Ireland gets a green light for raw pork exports in the US

Raw pork from Northern Ireland can be exported in the US without any risks for the consumers, concluded FSIS after an on-site audit conducted in September 2017.

According to FSIS, the purpose of the audit was to determine whether Northern Ireland’s food safety system governing meat remains equivalent to that of the United States, with the ability to export products that are safe, wholesome, unadulterated, and correctly labelled and packaged.

„The FSIS auditor concluded that Northern Ireland’s meat inspection system is organized to provide ultimate control, supervision, and enforcement of regulatory requirements,” according to the draft final report.

The report mentioned also the fact that Northern Ireland authorities have implemented sanitary operating procedures and a HACCP system to ensure controls of the meat inspection system, along with a microbiological and chemical residue testing programs that are organized and administered by the national to verify its system. At present, Northern Ireland is eligible to export raw pork products to the United States.

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