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Recent and Emerging Issues for Inspection Services Group

FBIA General Meeting

Carlos Solorzano

July 2018

• Overview of Inspection Services Group (ISG) Operations
• On-going Changes / Demand for Inspection Services
• ISG Initiatives
• Working Together to Improve Efficiencies
• Feedback / Questions

Agenda

• ISG comprised of approx. 1200 staff / largest group in department
• Encompasses biosecurity officers, imported food officers & export

control officers

• Service all capital cities, significant regional out-ports & AUS
• ffshore territories
• Inspectorate also conduct offshore inspection activities associated

with Military Operations / Perishable Inspections

• Perform import/export inspections at airports, seaports, mail

centres and third party premises

• There are currently 60 Imported Food Accredited Officers within

ISG servicing the IFIS (5 % ISG staff)

ISG – What We Do

Biosecurity

• Prawn: biosecurity enhanced inspections (raw/cooked)
• Military Exercise: Talisman Sabre (March – July 2019)
• Reduction in Offshore Perishable Deployments (US/NZ)
• Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB): September – April

IFIS

• Food Safety Incidents: potential holding orders / increased inspection / testing
• Surveillance food: inspection increase / legislative requirements (April 2018)
• Increments in Regional Port Inspections

Changes in Demand for Inspectorate

Service Charter – General Cargo

Service Charter – Imported Food

Days April – June Quarter

ISG – Initiatives

• Continuing to increase IF accreditations
• Establishing an environment of flexible deployment and cross

skill sets (Work Locations / FWAs)

• Establishing collaborative processes internally and externally

to improve outcomes for clients (i.e. inspection allocation times / increased inspection capacity)

• Management of biosecurity risk through more effective

targeting and intervention

• Implementation of resource strategies to meet demand

(casuals, overtime, interstate resourcing & routine rescheduling)

• Investigate options to conduct inspections between 6.30am – 6.30pm
• Where advantageous, request dual accredited inspectors (e.g. cooked

prawns, perishable inspections)

• Acknowledgement of demand drivers & enhance communication and

accountability in booking protocols (i.e. requests for am/pm, to meet & assurance on consignment arrival for inspection)

• Large numbers of IF cancellations lead to inefficiencies and costs to all

parties (documentation required in the IFCC, identification of lines, seals intact / IF inspections, Provision of documentation, etc.)

• Assistance to draw samples from oversized / frozen food (large wheels
• f cheese, frozen whole tuna and meat product)

Industry Assistance

Questions / Feedback ?