This instruction establishes Specialty Crops Inspection (SCI) Division procedures for conducting Field Office Reviews (Area Offices, Sub-Offices, and Inspection Point offices) including procedures for planning, documenting, reporting, and distributing of reports. Field Office Reviews are conducted to ensure SCI’s policies, regulations, procedures and instructions for grading, certification, and overall administration for its programs are implemented and working as intended. Field Office Reviews provide essential information to SCI’s Management for continual Quality Management System (QMS) improvement.
Field and Federal State Cooperative Market Office Review (pdf)