An establishment employee did not perform the pre-shipment review. What type of noncompliance is this?

• A. Monitoring
• B. Verification
• C. Recordkeeping
• D. Corrective Actions

Answer: (C)

This question hinges on understanding how FSIS categorizes failures to perform a required activity that must be documented. Pre-shipment review is a step that must be completed before shipping and, crucially, it must be documented. If an employee does not perform this review, there is no evidence that the product was checked prior to shipment, which signals a recordkeeping deficiency. Monitoring covers ongoing checks, verification is the process of confirming that monitoring and other controls were properly carried out, and corrective actions are the steps taken after a deviation is found. The situation described directly involves the need to record that the review occurred, so the noncompliance is best classified as recordkeeping.