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Title
Describe pre-slaughter examination of poultry to be processed for
human consumption
Level
3
Credits
8
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe
pre-slaughter examination of poultry and the responsibilities of
the various parties involved; locate and name poultry
anatomical features and describe the characteristics of a
normal healthy bird; describe signs of poor health and the
procedures that need to be followed when these are detected;
demonstrate an understanding of the Animal Welfare Code as
it applies to poultry; and list and describe exotic diseases and
the procedures that need to be followed in the event of an
outbreak.
Classification
Animal Product Examination Services > Animal Product
Examination - Species Specific
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
For credit, evidence must be in accordance with the statutory and industry
requirements contained in the following documents:
Animal Products Act 1999;
Animal Products Regulations 2000;
Animal Welfare Act 1999;
Poultry Industry Processing Standard 5 (PIPS5);
Animal Products (Recognised Agencies and Persons Specifications) Notice 2007;
Animal Products (Specifications for Products Intended for Human Consumption)
Notice 2004;
Animal Products (Risk Management Programme Specifications) Notice 2003;
Risk Management Programme Manual;
Animal Products (Specifications for the Ante-mortem and Post-mortem Examination
of Poultry Intended for Human or Animal Consumption) Notice 2005;
Animal Products (Official Assurance Specifications) Notice 2005;
New Zealand Food Safety Authority, Official Assurances Programme, July 2005;
New Zealand Food Safety Authority, Overseas Market Access Requirements
(OMAR) – Animal Products; and their subsequent amendments.
This unit standard is
expiring
2
Notices and manuals specified above can be accessed on the website of New
Zealand Food Safety Authority at http://www.nzfsa.govt.nz.
3
Animal disease data is available from OIE World Organisation for Animal Health at
http://www.oie.int.
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Definitions
Operational requirements refers to procedures that must be followed. These are
normally located in the risk management programme, the Whole Flock Health
Scheme (WFHS) or other documents related to the ante-mortem and post-mortem
examination system.
RMP refers to risk management programme.
RMP operator refers to an operator of a premises or place who operates an animal
product business that is subject to a risk management programme.
WFHS refers to Whole Flock Health Scheme – a documented system of health
surveillance (including, where applicable, disease control or eradication) and the
management of agricultural compounds and veterinary medicines according to any
general or specific conditions of use.
Dispositions refers to the action of ensuring that examined animal material or animal
product that has abnormalities is managed in accordance with legislative
requirements.
Animal Welfare Code refers to the Animal Welfare (Broiler Chickens: Fully Housed)
Code of Welfare 2003, available from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry website
at http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz.
All terms or expressions that are defined in the Animal Products Act 1999, or Notices
made under that Act, and are used but not defined in this unit standard, have the
same meaning as in that Act or Notice.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Describe pre-slaughter examination of poultry and the responsibilities of the various
parties involved.
Evidence requirements
1.1
1.2
This unit standard is
Pre-slaughter examination
procedures are explained in accordance with
expiring
legislation and operational requirements.
The purpose of pre-slaughter examination is explained in terms of the
requirements of the relevant animal products specifications and PIPS5.
Range
1.3
preparation, examination, judgement, dispositions, record-keeping.
The responsibilities for pre-slaughter examination are explained.
Range
poultry supplier/growing farm, catcher, transporter, RMP operator,
lairage and processing personnel including ante-mortem
examiner, direct supervisors and nominated persons.
Outcome 2
Locate and name poultry anatomical features and describe the characteristics of a normal
healthy bird.
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Evidence requirements
2.1
Anatomical features of poultry are identified and named using industry
recognised terminology.
2.2
Signs of good health are identified in terms of appearance and behaviour.
Range
may include but are not limited to – breathing, movements,
swellings, appetite, water consumption, droppings, noise levels.
Outcome 3
Describe signs of poor health and the procedures that need to be followed when these are
detected.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Signs of poor health are described in terms of visual assessment of defects.
Range
3.2
may include but are not limited to – appearance, behaviour,
production and growth, morbidity or mortality.
The procedure for reporting and recording defects identified during preslaughter examination is described in accordance with operational and
legislative requirements.
Outcome 4
Demonstrate an understanding of the Animal Welfare Code as it applies to poultry.
Range
includes – structure of code, minimum standards specified in code, links with
Animal Welfare Act 1999.
This unit standard is
The Animal Welfare Code
for poultry is described in relation to responsibilities
expiring
of the poultry supplier/growing farm, transporter and the slaughterhouse.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Outcome 5
List and describe exotic diseases and the procedures that need to be followed in the event
of an outbreak.
Evidence requirements
5.1
Exotic diseases that may be seen during ante-mortem inspection are listed.
Range
5.2
exotic diseases include but are not limited to – Newcastle disease,
avian influenza, infectious bursal disease.
The description outlines possible symptoms of exotic diseases and the exotic
disease response procedure in accordance with legislative requirements.
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The description outlines the requirements in the case of a suspected or
confirmed exotic disease outbreak in poultry in accordance with legislative
requirements.
Replacement information
This unit standard, unit standard 13474, unit standard
20204, and unit standard 22046 have been replaced by
unit standard 27752.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
24 March 2006
31 December 2014
Review
2
25 February 2008
31 December 2014
Review
3
19 July 2012
31 December 2014
Reinstatement
4
20 March 2015
31 December 2017
Rollover
5
17 September 2015
31 December 2018
Rollover
6
March 2016
31 December 2019
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0033
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
This unit standard is
expiring
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
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