During the pandemic, USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service largely replaced its in-country visitation teams with so-called remote verification audits. FSIS audits foreign countries that export ...

Some inspections of businesses are not being carried out at the correct frequency, according to the Swiss Federal Audit Office. Auditors found national authorities in Switzerland are not ensuring that ...

The key to a new entrant safety audit is documentation. You may do all the required steps to comply with the regulations, but if it is not documented, it will appear that you are not. If you decide to ...

The Board of Audit and Inspection’s audit revealed that eight domestic airports, including Muan Airport where the December 29 passenger plane crash occurred, had improperly installed localizers ...

Often, taking a closer look at how a given crew works and operates according to safety best practices and procedures is prompted by an accidental injury or even death. Beyond the human cost, the tree ...

When inspectors walk onto a campus, they’re not just looking at the shine on the floors or the landscaping outside. They’re asking a bigger question: “Can this institution prove it’s providing a safe, ...

Oftentimes, there are many elements of the safety codes and standards that overlap and appear to conflict with one another. That can make it difficult to determine what requirements to prioritize to ...

Third-party personnel the MBTA hired to provide customer service rarely performed the desired amount of visual inspections in subway stations, and the T also could not prove that all of those workers ...

The city auditor also found that the Division did not track the revenue and spending of its food program; the city of Berkeley failed to “consistently recruit” to fill its crucial vacancies; and the ...