Spanish pork products are compliant with food safety system in the US
The most recent onsite audit Spain’s inspection system for raw and processed pork product made by USDA found that the European country is following the same rules on the food safety field like those established in the US.
"The purpose of the audit was to determine whether Spain’s food safety system governing slaughtered and processed meat remains equivalent to that of the United States, with the ability to export products that are safe, wholesome, unadulterated, and correctly labeled and packaged", said the report released by USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).
The American authorities have conducted different controls on the Spanish pork products imported between 2014 and 2017 and visits to five meat processing plants, two meat slaughter facilities and a public health laboratory located in Spain. Still, some adjustments have to be made by the Spanish authorities to respond the requirements of the US counterpart. "Spain did not adequately verify that establishments met government sanitation requirements that ensure ventilation is sufficient to control condensation to protect the product and prevent the creation of unsanitary conditions,” said the FSIS report, quoted by Food Safety News.
At this time, Spain, who is also the largest pork producer in the EU, exports raw and further processed pork products to the United States. From June 2014 to May 2017, FSIS import inspectors performed 100 percent re-inspection for labelling and certification on 16.5 tons of slaughtered and processed pork products exported by Spain to the US. "No product was rejected due to any food safety or other reasons", concluded the report.
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