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APHIS' Biotechnology Quality Management System
On June 4, 2009, APHIS published in the Federal Register its Biotechnology Quality Management System (BQMS) Pilot Project Draft Audit Standard for public comment. On August 24, 2009, APHIS extended the 60-day comment period, which initially closed on August 3, 2009, for an additional 60 days, now closing on October 23, 2009. The Draft Audit Standard provides the requirements for the objective evaluation of an established, implemented, and documented BQMS.
About APHIS’ BQMS |
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Learn more about BQMS, a voluntary, audit-based compliance assistance program, to assist universities, small businesses, and large companies develop sound management practices to enhance compliance with regulatory requirements for field trials and movement of regulated GE organisms. Also view associated news documents and publications.
Draft Audit Standard |
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View the Draft Audit Standard, which contains the general and specific requirements that must be addressed in a participating organization’s quality management system.
Draft Audit Checklist |
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View the Draft Audit Checklist that is used by an auditor to record the conformance status of the organization for each clause in the draft audit standard.
Draft Training Presentations |
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View the presentations from two training sessions APHIS conducted for the pilot development project participants.
Draft Templates for BQMS Development |
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View the draft BQMS templates that serve as hands-on guidelines for the development of procedures required by the BQMS Draft Audit Standard.
View a Table of All BQMS Documents
All documents on this web page are in draft form and are subject to change. Please continue to refer back to this web page for updated versions of these documents.
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ISO 9001:2000
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