NZQA registered unit standard
18527 version 4
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Title
Prepare manufactured meat product formulations
Level
3
Purpose
Credits
5
This entry-level unit standard is for people who are employed in
the meat manufacturing area in a meat processing operation.
People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate
knowledge of and prepare product formulations in a meat
processing operation.
Classification
Meat Processing > Meat Manufacturing
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to – Animal
Products Act 1999, Animal Products (Ancillary and Transitional Provisions) Act 1999,
Fair Trading Act 1986, Food Act 1981, Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992,
Meat Board Act 2004, Food Hygiene Regulations 1974, Food (Safety) Regulations
2002, Weights and Measures Regulations 1999.
2
Definition
Organisational requirements – instructions to staff on policies and procedures that
are documented in memo, electronic, or manual format and available in the
workplace.
3
Evidence is required of two different product formulations.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of the preparation of product formulations in a meat processing
operation.
Evidence Requirements
1.1
Ingredients are identified in terms of their functions, dangers, and legal
implications.
1.2
Additives, spices, and binders are identified in terms of use of the product.
1.3
The process of checking meat ingredients unhygienic factors is described in
terms of organisational requirements.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
18527 version 4
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Outcome 2
Prepare product formulations in a meat processing operation.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Recipes and product specifications are followed to formulate product in
accordance with organisational requirements.
2.2
Ingredients are checked to ensure they meet product specifications in
accordance with organisational requirements.
Planned review date
31 December 2019
Last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
21 November 2001
31 December 2012
Review
2
26 October 2005
31 December 2012
Review
3
17 June 2011
31 December 2016
Review
4
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.
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.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
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.
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 2016