SOP for Post Entry Quarantine Inspection - Plant quarantine India

SOPs for Postentry Quarantine InspectionSection-3 Technical Assessment of PEQ Facilities Page 1 of 9December 20073.1. A team of nominated experts will undertake the site visit for on-spot technical assessment of thefacility on scheduled date and time as communicated earlier.3.2. The technical assessement of the facilities will include physical examination of the facility to verifythat the facility meet the criteria laid down under Annexure-3A and also examination of recordsmaintained at the facility, procedures practiced and testing the skill competency of technical staffoperating the facility.3.3. The team of nominated experts, at the end of visit, will prepare an assessment report in theprescribed format separately for open field quarantine facilities (Annexure-3B) and closedquarantine facilities (Annexure-3C) together with the comments/recommendations and correctiveactions, if any suggested. The assessment report will be duly signed by the facility owner/operatorand the leader of the inspecting team.3.4. If any corrective actions are required, the inspection authority will communicate the owner of thefacility the corrective actions required to be undertaken and the time schedules for correctiveaction to be implemented.3.5. The facility will be re-inspected by the same nominated experts after the scheduled time period toverify the corrective actions are undertaken3.6. If satisfied, the team of experts will recommend the facilities for approval and certification by theinspection Authority3.7. If required corrective actions are not satisfactorily undertaken, the inspection authority may rejectthe application for certification of facilities and inform the facility owner as per the formatprescribed in Anexure-4B.