NZQA registered unit standard
Title
27266 version 2
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Demonstrate knowledge of the production of meat and bone meal during rendering operations
Level
Purpose
4 Credits 10
This unit standard is for experienced people who are employed in the rendering department in a meat processing operation.
People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate knowledge of: the production of meat and bone meal from cooked material during rendering operations; and the processing and storage conditions that affect meat and bone meal quality during rendering operations.
Classification Meat Processing > Meat Industry - Rendering
Available grade Achieved
Explanatory notes
1 Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to – Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992, Animal Products Act 1999, Resource Management
Act 1991, Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996.
2 Resource documents include but are not limited to – Industry Standard 6/Industry
Agreed Standard 6 (IS6/IAS6)
– Processing of Edible Product
; Industry Standard 7
–
Byproducts; available from the Ministry for Primary Industries at http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/industry/sectors/meat-ostrich-emu-game/meatman/
Code of Practice: Rendering (NZFSA, 2009), available from Ministry for Primary
Industries at http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/elibrary/industry/code-practice-rendering/
3 Definitions
Company specifications
– product specifications set by the company relating to yields, presentation, and product quality.
Cooked material – any animal tissue intended as a by-product that has been cooked using batch or continuous cookers to produce edible or inedible rendered products.
Customer specifications – product specifications set by clients relating to product quality, presentation and packaging.
Organisational requirements
– instructions to staff on policies and procedures that are documented in memo, electronic, or manual format and available in the workplace.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
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New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2020

NZQA registered unit standard 27266 version 2
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Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of the production of meat and bone meal from cooked material during rendering operations.
Evidence requirements
1.1 The process of extracting meat and bone meal from cooked material is described in terms of methods of monitoring the separation of fat from protein solids and the operation of pressing equipment.
1.2 The process of screening and grinding protein solids is described in terms of producing meat and bone meal.
1.3 Meat and bone meal quality is described in terms of sampling and testing requirements.
1.4 Production requirements for meat and bone meal are outlined in terms of company and customer specifications.
2.2
Range production requirements may include but are not limited to – ease of handling, composition, particle size.
Outcome 2
Demonstrate knowledge of the processing and storage conditions that affect meat and bone meal quality during rendering operations.
Evidence requirements
2.1 Factors affecting meat and bone meal colour are described in terms of processing conditions.
Range factors include but are not limited to – raw material composition, cooking temperature.
The quality of meat and bone meal is described in terms of nutritional factors.
Range nutritional factors include but are not limited to – amino acids, browning reactions, cross-linking.
2.3 Factors that affect meat and bone meal quality during storage are described in terms of potential food hazards.
Range factors include but are not limited to – moisture content, growth of bacteria
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558

New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2020

NZQA registered unit standard 27266 version 2
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Planned review date 31 December 2019
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process Version Date Last Date for Assessment
Registration 1 17 June 2011 31 December 2016
Review 2 27 January 2015 N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference 0033
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do
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Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
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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.
Consent requirements 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.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Primary Industry Training Organisation standards@primaryito.ac.nz
if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558

New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2020