1. CQA Producer Registration System
COFFS Working Group Meeting – September 20-21, 2006

2. CQA Validation Three year cycle Registration is renewed annually
Year 1 – Full validation – full review of documentation and on-farm “inspection” of production facilities
Years 2 and 3 – Partial validation – full review of documentation
Registration is renewed annually
The CFIA technical review process is the first phase of a larger process for the recognition of on-farm food safety programs.
Verification was already built into the program with the question “How do you ensure that the written procedures are carried out?”
Increased emphasis as part of the evolution of the program and in response to changes required during technical review
Expanded information in the Producer Manual
Removal of the sulfamethazine screening test
Development of a management system – this system is intended for the use of the national and provincial offices. It defines how the administration of the system works and is intended to have minimal impact at the farm and validator level. One change that validators will see will be a code of conduct that we will discuss later in this session.

3. CQA Requirements List of staff members, responsibilities
Staff understand program requirements related to their responsibilities
Suppliers of incoming stock must be CQA registered
Suppliers must provide records of treatments with outstanding withdrawal times and broken needles
Incoming animals must be adequately identified to manage withdrawals and broken needles
Wood shavings do not contain preservatives

4. CQA Requirements - Feed
Feed and raw material storage areas – clean, dry, free of chemical contaminants
Identification of feed storage and transfer components
Permit for feeding ERM

5. CQA Requirements - Feed
Rations Used On-Farm Form complete, accurate, up-to-date
Feed prescriptions available
Protocol for proper mixing and distribution of feed
Protocol to ensure pigs are marketed free of feed medication residues
Verification and deviation protocols

6. CQA Requirements - Medications
IM injections
Neck
Hip protocol approved for breeding stock only – specific protocol requirements
Protocol to reduce risk of broken needles
Protocol to reduce injection site abscesses
Requirement for use of detectable needles
Protocol for handling pigs with suspect broken needles
Protocol to ensure injection protocols are followed

7. CQA Requirements - Medications
Protocol to ensure correct usage of water medication
Verification and deviation procedures for water medication
Medication and vaccine usage plan complete, accurate and up-to-date
Prescriptions for all Pr drugs, extra-label drug use
Protocols to ensure that all pigs will be marketed without residues

8. CQA Requirements - Medications
Pen or individual treatment records for all pigs over 25 kg
Verification and deviation protocols for medication use
Protocol to ensure bbq hogs marketed free of residues
Buyers of light hogs made aware of residues
Verification and deviation protocols for bbq hogs

9. CQA Requirements
Production facilities free of deterioration that would affect food safety
Production facilities free of drainage problems
An effective barn sanitation protocol is documented and implemented
Prevention of contamination of feeding area by urine and feces
Rodent control program

10. CQA Validation Report Producer / validation info Checklist
Corrective Action request
Validator declaration
Producer declaration

11. CQA Validation Report - addition
No on-site validation of the production facilities was conducted (as per CQA minimum requirements for partial validation). Evaluation of the production unit for the purposes of the CQA program is based solely on documented materials for the program.

12. Auditor Training Currently being reviewed
Dip Ag., BSc, DVM – swine experience
Training includes pre-course assignment, one-day intensive face-to-face session, final exam

13. Enrolment and registration
Provincial delivery agents enroll producers, train validators, maintain registration database