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The FDA has established three options in which Grade-A dairy products can be imported to the U.S.
1. State Oversight of foreign dairy firm:
A dairy firm outside of the United States could contract with any current NCIMS member's regulatory/rating agency to provide the Grade-A regulatory oversight. This would include the licensing, dairy farm and milk plant inspection and sampling, pasteurization equipment testing, laboratory certification and rating/NCIMS listing certification.
2. Membership in the NCIMS:
The importing country, or a political subdivision thereof, may become a full member of the NCIMS subject to all agreements identified in the Procedures and Memorandum of Understanding with FDA and enjoying all NCIMS privileges. This would require, among other things, that the milk regulatory agency(ies) of the importing countries adopt and enforce rules and regulations which are the same as those required by other members, i.e. states, and abide by all applicable NCIMS regulatory and rating requirements.
3. FDA Equivalency:
FDA can evaluate the importing country's system for regulating the safety of dairy products and compare the outcome of that system with the United States system on the safety of dairy products produced domestically.
NCIMS is currently considering a 4th option which will allow all auditing functions to be conducted by qualified third party inspectors.
Harold Wainess & Associates has recently been selected as a Third Party Certifier in the NCIMS International Certification Pilot Program. CLICK HERE to view the official notification letter from NCIMS.
HWA was instrumental in assisting Leche Pascual, a Spanish dairy firm, achieve Grade-A Certification for their farms and plant. This is the first dairy company located outside the United States to obtain this accreditation.
If your company is interested in exporting dairy products to the U.S., HWA can perform a pre-assessment audit to determine what modifications need to be made to meet the FDA Grade-A Pasteurized Milk Ordinance (PMO) requirements. For a copy of the 2005 PMO, CLICK HERE.
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