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Maintenance manager reports that audit found expired consumable products in stock at maintenance facility.

Narrative:

The FAA (federal aviation administration) conducted a facility audit. During the audit; they found several consumable products with an expired shelf life in the fire / storage in the hangar. The FAA brought these items to the supervisor's attention at the time and the supervisor responded properly and removed the items from use. I received a phone call and an email stating that the FAA had decided to issue a snaap (streamed no action and administrative action program) letter to me regarding the incident.monthly audits performed at the base failed to identify or locate the material prior to the expiration. This is not caused by an improper audit; but by the extensiveness of the task and the number of locations requiring the audit. In my opinion; the tasks is too large to be 100 % accurate.expired shelf life or improperly labeled material was found in the work area.after the FAA brought the items to our attention; management disposed of the items.[company] needs to implement a new program dealing with shelf life material. Possibly an electronic program to label; monitor; track; and control shelf life items; or a 'one time use' program so material is not stored for later use and have the possibility of expiring. The current program is too complicated and labor intensive; and a 100% level of accuracy is difficult to achieve. Also; our company culture needs to change as well so employees stop storing items for later use creating the possibility of the finding.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Maintenance Manager reports that audit found expired consumable products in stock at maintenance facility.

Narrative: The FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) conducted a facility audit. During the audit; they found several consumable products with an expired shelf life in the Fire / Storage in the hangar. The FAA brought these items to the Supervisor's attention at the time and the Supervisor responded properly and removed the items from use. I received a phone call and an email stating that the FAA had decided to issue a SNAAP (Streamed No Action and Administrative Action Program) Letter to me regarding the incident.Monthly audits performed at the base failed to identify or locate the material prior to the expiration. This is not caused by an improper audit; but by the extensiveness of the task and the number of locations requiring the audit. In my opinion; the tasks is too large to be 100 % accurate.Expired shelf life or improperly labeled material was found in the work area.After the FAA brought the items to our attention; Management disposed of the items.[Company] needs to implement a new program dealing with shelf life material. Possibly an electronic program to Label; Monitor; Track; and Control shelf life items; or a 'one Time Use' program so material is not stored for later use and have the possibility of expiring. The current program is too complicated and labor intensive; and a 100% level of accuracy is difficult to achieve. Also; our Company culture needs to change as well so employees stop storing items for later use creating the possibility of the finding.

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