Minor Major NonConformity

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Minor / Major Non-Conformity

• Report from the CWPCP Inspection Program

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Common Non-Conformity

• 1. clarity of stamp
• Elements missing IPPC or HT
• Faded stamp
• Positioned over a Grading Stamp
• Incorrect rubber
• Incorrect ink for wood
• Missing stamp on one side

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Common Non-Conformity

• 2. IPPC ISPM No. 15 stamp inaccurate
• Incorrect stamp IPPC diagonal/on side or very
  small
• No box around stamp
• Date inside box
• Information of RF inside stamp box

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Common Non-Conformity

• 3. Quality Manual out of date or not available
• QM not current address change or change of
  quality supervisor
• QM not available
• Training not current or non existent
• QM not followed simply do what they like to
  complete the work

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Severe Major Non-Conformity

• 4. Falsifying Kiln Records
• Setting kiln time for timber diameter smaller
  than the diameter HT
• Using record for one charge to cover many charges
• Setting kiln time for coniferous when timber is
  mixed conifer/deciduous

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Major Non-Conformance

• 5. Scrubbing off of ISPM No. 15
• Domestic pallets with ISPM No. 15 foreign stamp
  still showing - Not blocking the old ISPM No. 15
  mark prior to sale
• Use of stripped stringer for sale as recycled
  pallet still showing foreign ISPM No. 15 mark

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Major Non-Conformance

• 6. Continued use of BUG MARK
• 7. Ignorance of CWPCP program and use of home
  made stamp
• 8. Stamping pallet kits with ISPM No. 15 mark and
  selling to registered and non-registered
  facility.
• 9. Making appt with inspector and not attending

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Non-Conformity

• 10. No alternate Quality Manager on site when
  you, the Quality Manager is off site or on
  holidays. It is a major non-conformity if you are
  on holidays/off site/sick/funeral and your plant
  continues to mfg. certified ISPM No. 15 wood
  packaging.
• Why?? There is no opportunity for a report of a
  non-conformity by an employee. Therefore, when
  the QM is off site the employee simply allows the
  error to continue.

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Non-Conformity

• 11. Segregation of Material
• 13. Certification of kiln
• 14. Correct Kiln settings for HT of product
• 15. Posting of QM and D-01-05
• 16. Copy of previous Inspection Report