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EXPORT ACTIVITIES 2017
• FOREIGN VERIFICATION AUDIT VISIT
FSQP had received six (6) verification audit visits from importing countries namely Japan, Canada,
United States, China, Taiwan and Australia. This foreign verification audit visit aims to evaluate the
food safety system implemented by Malaysia along the export production chain. The list of audit visits
is as follows (Table 2):

Table 2
Importers’ Audit Tour List 2017

No Country Commodity Foreign Verification Audit Visit Duration

1. Japan Food Audit visit from Ministry Of Health, 13 to 15
Labor & Welfare (MHLW), Jepun February

2. United Shrimp Audit visit from US Food and Drug 18 Mac 2017 to
States Administration (USFDA) 2 April

3. Canada Food- allergen Audit visit from Foreign Verification 21 April to 5 May
Office (FVO) of Canadian Food
Inspection Agency (CFIA), Canada
4. China Raw cleaned Audit visit from General 9 to 16 May
edible bird’s nest Administration of Quality
Supervision, Inspection and
Quarantine of the People’s
Republic of China (AQSIQ)
5. Taiwan Edible oil Audit visit from Northern Center 6 to 17 August
(palm oil) of Regional Administration, Food
and Drug Administration, Ministry
of Health and Welfare, Taiwan
(TFDA)
6. Australia Salmon, Marine Audit visit from Department of 4 to 7 September
and Freshwater Agriculture and Water Resources
Fish, Shrimp (DAWR), Australia

Source: Food Safety and Quality Programme, MoH

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