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Title
Explain and apply monitoring, corrective action, and verification of
poultry meat examination
Level
4
Credits
6
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: explain the
application of poultry pre-slaughter and post-mortem
examination monitoring, corrective action, and verification;
explain the application of, and apply, statistical process control
tools for pre-slaughter and post-mortem examination, and final
product inspection, of poultry; and describe effective auditing
processes, techniques, and standards required for preslaughter and post-mortem examination of poultry.
Classification
Animal Product Examination Services > Animal Product
Examination - Species Specific
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
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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.
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Notices and manuals specified above can be accessed on the website of New
Zealand Food Safety Authority at http://www.nzfsa.govt.nz.
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Definitions
RMP refers to 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
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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.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Explain the application of monitoring, corrective action, and verification for pre-slaughter
and post-mortem examination of poultry.
Evidence requirements
1.1
The purpose of monitoring is explained as it applies to poultry production and
processing.
1.2
The distinction between process limits and final product parameters is
explained.
1.3
The three activities involved in corrective action are explained.
Range
1.4
Four types of verification activities are described and discussed in terms of their
relevance to the pre-slaughter and post-mortem examination of poultry.
Range
1.5
restoration of control (including a recheck), dispositions,
prevention of recurrence including escalation of response for
repeat occurrences.
review of records, audit, product inspection and testing, review of
systems and procedures and/or RMPs.
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Range
operator verification, external verification.
The responsibilities for verification of pre-slaughter and post-mortem of poultry
are explained.
Outcome 2
Explain the application of statistical process control tools for pre-slaughter and postmortem examination, and final product inspection, of poultry.
Range
sampling frequency, abnormalities, acceptable level of abnormalities.
Evidence requirements
2.1
The application of appropriate statistical tools to pre-slaughter examination is
explained, along with factors that affect the validity of the results.
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2.2
The application of appropriate statistical tools to post-mortem examination
during processing is explained, along with factors that affect the validity of the
results.
2.3
The application of appropriate statistical tools to post-mortem examination
associated with final product handling and inspection is explained, along with
factors that affect the validity of the results.
Outcome 3
Apply statistical process control tools for pre-slaughter and post-mortem examination, and
final product inspection, of poultry.
Range
pre-slaughter examination, post-mortem examination, final product inspection.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Data is processed and/or plotted to the level of accuracy required for the
situation.
3.2
Data is analysed and a decision is made on whether or not the results are
acceptable.
3.3
Appropriate actions are taken on the basis of valid interpretation of results.
Outcome 4
Describe effective auditing processes, techniques, and standards required for preslaughter and post-mortem examination of poultry.
Evidence requirements
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Range
preparation,expiring
on-site audit (including opening and exit interviews),
reporting, follow-up.
4.1
The description outlines the audit processes for pre-slaughter and post-mortem
examination of poultry.
4.2
The description outlines the auditing techniques and their application for preslaughter and post-mortem auditing situations for poultry.
Range
4.3
open questioning, observation, recording, sampling, tracing,
listening, conflict resolution, trend analysis.
The description explains the standards required for auditing of the pre-slaughter
and post-mortem examination of poultry system.
Range
regulatory requirements include but are not limited to – preslaughter and post-mortem specifications, human consumption
specifications, documented systems (registered RMPs, WFHS).
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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
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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.
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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.
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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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