The first international audit reports for 2023 are favourable for meat exporters from Israel and Japan to the United States.
The first international audit reports for 2023 are favourable for meat exporters from Israel and Japan to the United States. Israel and Japan's Foreign Audit Reports from the USDA were made public over the last week. Fieldwork on the raw intact beef products of Japan's food safety systems were place between July 19 and August 17, 2022. For processed poultry products, Israel's food safety systems were examined from June 27 to July 19, 2022. The final reports were presented to the Japanese and Israeli governments on January 3, 2023 and January 5, 2023, respectively. The Food Safety and Inspection Service's (FSIS) Office of International Coordination conducts the foreign audits for the USDA. The FSIS focuses on six system equivalency elements when performing overseas audits: (1) Supervision by the government (e.g., planning and management); (2) Government Statutory Authority, Food Safety, and Other Consumer Protection Regulations (such as Product Standards and Labeling, an...