NZQA registered unit standard
28182 version 1
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Title
Recover viscera by-products in a meat processing operation
Level
4
Purpose
Credits
10
This unit standard is for experienced people who are employed
in the slaughter and dressing department in a meat processing
operation.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: prepare
internal by-products for inspection; dispatch recoverable
product for further processing; and prepare viscera equipment,
in a meat processing operation.
Classification
Meat Processing > Pre and Post Slaughter and Dressing
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Normal production speeds apply to the performance of this activity.
2
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to – Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992, Animal Products Act 1999.
3
Resource documents include but are not limited to – Industry Standard 5 – Slaughter
and Dressing, available from the Ministry for Primary Industries at:
http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/industry/sectors/meat-ostrich-emugame/meatman/is5/index.htm.
4
Definition
Organisational requirements – instructions to staff on policies and procedures that
are documented in memo, electronic, or manual format and available in the
workplace.
5
Range
Viscera equipment may include but is not limited to – gut buggy, viscera trays.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Prepare internal by-products for inspection in a meat processing operation.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
28182 version 1
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Evidence requirements
1.1
Inedible and edible offal are presented for inspection in accordance with
organisational requirements.
1.2
Knives and equipment hygiene requirements are met between carcasses in
accordance with organisational requirements.
Outcome 2
Dispatch recoverable product for further processing in a meat processing operation.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Saved product is placed in the chute or container for further processing in
accordance with organisational requirements.
2.2
Unrecoverable or condemned product is disposed of in accordance with
organisational requirements.
Outcome 3
Prepare viscera equipment in a meat processing operation.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Viscera equipment is washed and sterilised in accordance with organisational
requirements.
3.2
Viscera equipment is re-positioned in the designated waiting area for inspection
as required in accordance with organisational requirements.
Replacement information
Planned review date
This unit standard replaced unit standard 20729 and unit
standard 27002.
31 December 2019
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
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.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
28182 version 1
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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.
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
Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016