Departmental verification of certification activities
For non-EU product, Departmental on-plant staff will carry out the following verification checks.
Load-in product
- one incoming load per week will be selected for verification checks
- where there are discrepancies relevant establishment staff member will be notified
- any corrective action taken will be recorded in AMS
Load-out product
- one load for export and one for inter-establishment transfer per week will be selected for verification checks
- these loads will also be physically checked
- any corrective action taken will be recorded in AMS.
Departmental on-plant staff will carry out the following verification checks.
Product eligible for the EU
- one load per week for export and one for inter-establishment transfer will be physically checked
- documentation underpinning all RFPs and MTC for EU product is checked when they are validated or countersigned
Monthly traceability audits
- Departmental staff will randomly select an RFP and an MTC for trace back, if there has been no inter-establishment transfer a second RFP will be selected for the period.
- Relevant establishment records will be checked to verify that all product in the consignment in accordance with EU requirements.
- At least one line in the RFP and MTC will be subjected to either mass balance or total units reasonability test.