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PQA Plus

Dinah Peebles

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TQA

• Certification Numbers

– Advisors - 526

– Handlers – 29,073

• Trainings Dates for this 2012

– October 23

YPQA

• Certification Numbers

– Trainer - 56

– Advisor – 1,070

– Youth – 31,013

• Areas lacking Trainers and Advisors

• Online Training

PQA Plus • Trainers: 71

• Advisors: 1,294

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Site Assessments Completed • 16,727 sites with valid site status

• 75.19% of US swine inventory represented

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# of sites assessed % of US Inventory

Site Assessment Demographics

31.07

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Nursery Finisher Breeding

% of assessments by phase of production:

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% of assessments performed by:

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% of Sites Marked as Acceptable (16,727)

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No Acts of Abuse

Space - non-breeding

Space -breeding

BCS - non-breeding

BCS - breeding

Air Quality

Air Temperature

Facilities

Timely Euthanasia

Euthanasia Plan

Daily Records

Emergency Backup

Emergency Action Plan

Caretaker Training

Med & Trt Records

VCPR

Data Review:

Third-Party Verification

Participation Summary

Total Pulled = 133

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no longer in business

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completed visits - follow-upcompleted

completed visits - follow-uppending

sites outstanding

Reasons for Declining to Participate (n = 23)

• 11x - Producer/Site declined to participate

• 4x – no comment

• cited biosecurity issues in sow herd

• Sited scheduling, biosecurity, just plain didn't want to participate unless it was mandatory.

• Site contact indicated that the operator at the site did not want him on the site and would not agree to participate.

• Could not re-populate his barns prior to the review.

• Site only has 4-H pigs on the facility.

• Did not have any hogs at the operation at the time of the call.

• One of their sites was previously selected and decided not to participate for this site.

• The Premise ID was not for any of his operation's.

Types of Farms Visited

Nursery 8

Breeder 10

Finisher 61

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Number of Sites

Total Non-Conformances by Site (n=63)

Total Non-Conformances by Type (n=

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No Willful Acts of Abuse

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Air Quality

Air Temperature

Facilities

Timely Euthanasia

Euthanasia Plan

Daily Records

Emergency Backup

Emergency Action Plan

Caretaker Training

Med & Trt Records

VCPR

Areas of Improvement Identified by 2011 Third

Party Verification Process

• The results are similar to the assessment data.

• Areas for improvement include: – Medication and Treatment Records

• Results show we are not keeping the records for the year, or we are not recording the required USDA minimum information.

– Daily Observation Records

• Need to include initials or name of the person that was in the barn checking, not just a check mark.

– Facilities

• The biggest thing here was the assessment also included the load out areas (missing cleats were the biggest area seen).


• Moving forward

– 2012 contracts with: USDA and Validus

– PACCO Training

• Recertify verifiers

• Certify new verifiers

– Site Verifications are well under way and we are down to the last couple sites to get scheduled.

Third-Party Verification: Objectives

• Measure the effectiveness of the PQA Plus program, not to find farms that are not in compliance – Use aggregate assessment data and verification data to identify areas

for additional education and training in pork production

– No removal of Site Status

• Provide credibility to packers and customers

• Enable Pork Checkoff to pay for 3rd party verification

• Provide an alternative to every farm audited every year – Statistically valid random sample - achieve a 95% confidence level that

at least 99% of farms are successfully implementing the elements of PQA Plus

– Create one set of industry-developed criteria to avoid confusion and extra cost

Third-Party Verification: Objectives

• All sites with Site Status will be in a pool from which 90 sites will be selected

• Producer will be given official notice and information on how to schedule an appointment with third-party verifier within 45 days

– Mail or Email

• PAACO-certified verifier will complete the verification survey during agreed upon date/time

– Must use producer-provided biosecurity protocol or minimum NPB-provided protocol

• Verifier submits report to third-party database, and sends producer follow-up information

– If a non-conformance is found, producer works with their PQA Plus Advisor to develop a corrective action plan

– Plan must be submitted to third-party verifier, at which point that site is considered complete

– Advisors will be reimbursed for their time upon request and at that the completed corrective action plan has been received.

• Records

• Animal Observation

• Facilities

• Fourteen criteria evaluated through all phases of production:

– Gilts, sows and boars (breeding)

– Nursery and finisher pigs (non-breeding)


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2013 PQA Plus Revision Update

Mission Statement

• Pork Quality Assurance Plus will build consumer trust by educating pork producers on good production practices while measuring and tracking continuous improvement consistent with the Ethical Principles of: Producing Safe Food; protecting and promoting animal well-being; protecting public health; safeguarding natural resources; and providing a safe work environment.

Changes to GPPs or New GPPs

• Expanded Public Health

• Establish Environment Stewardship

• Worker Safety

• Tool for Continuous Improvement

GPP’s

• GPP #1: Use an Appropriate Veterinarian/ Client/ Patient Relationship (VCPR) as the Basis for Medication Decision Making.

• GPP #2: Establish and Implement an Efficient and Effective Health Management Plan

• GPP #3: Use Antibiotics Responsibly

• GPP #4: Properly Store and Administer Animal Health Products

• GPP #5: Follow Proper Feed Processing

Protocol

GPP’s Continues:

• GPP #6: Establish Effective Swine Identification, Medication Records and Withdrawal Times

• GPP #7: Establish Environmental Stewardship

• GPP #8: Worker Safety

• GPP #9: Provide Proper Swine Care to Improve

Swine Well-Being

• GPP #10: Utilize Tools for Continuous

Improvement

2013 PQA Plus Revision Changes Overview

• Testing

• Online Certification

• Site Assessment

• Frequency of site assessment re-certification

• Criteria for self-assessment

2013 PQA Plus Revision Changes

• Testing

– Implementing a testing component to the PQA Plus certification.

– The test will consist of questions related to animal wellbeing and pork safety and will be no longer than 25 questions and the

– __85_% to pass the test will be. (Missing 3 questions)

– Open book

– Grade exams • At the time of training. (Online testing option, still working on how

this is going to take shape).


• Online Certification

– Individuals will be able to renew their PQA Plus certification online. • First time certifications must be obtained through a face to face

training with a PQA Plus Advisor or Trainer.

• Renewals can be done online, by contacting their PQA Plus Advisor to get the online certification set up for them to renew their

certification.

• Trainers/Advisors certifications

– Trainer/Advisor certifications will still be conducted face to face.


• Site Assessment – Requiring a producer to submit corrective action plan for (All non

compliances) and follow up with a signed written action plan in order to receive site assessment status.

– All Producer who complete their site assessment to signs a statement acknowledge that they may be selected for the 3rd party verification.

• Frequency of site assessment re-certification – The Committee is recommending that the frequency of site-

assessments remain at the three year renewal time frame.


• Site assessment: • Advisors is required to train and test person conducting the site

assessment. – Two categories of self-assessments:

» Self-assessment-producer

» Self-assessment-field staff


• Content

– Committees signed off on April 16th

– Alignment with We Care/ Good Production Practices

• Vivayic has been working on the content and development of teaching components, online and testing pieces.

• Currently Beta Testing the materials.

• State Trainer trainings; first part of March

• Roll out World Pork Expo 2013

10 Good Production Practices (GPPs)

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