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Title
Apply product safety practices to the dairy industry
Level
2
Credits
4
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: comply with
hygiene standards; handle product hygienically; maintain work
area; and demonstrate knowledge of product safety in relation
to the workplace.
Classification
Dairy Manufacturing > Dairy Product Safety and Risk
Management
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Work must be carried out in accordance with organisational requirements, licensing
requirements, legislative requirements, and industrial awards and agreements.
2
Responsibility for monitoring product safety relates to own work area, tasks and
responsibilities.
3
Product and/or materials handled by the operator may include raw materials,
ingredients, consumables, finished product and cleaning materials.
4
Product safety programme – a programme based on the NZFSA dairy industry
optimal regulation model, product safety plans and the principles of Hazard Analysis
Critical Control Point (HACCP). Such programmes are designed to identify and
control product safety risk factors, in order to establish and maintain product safety.
Risks may relate to procurement, production, manufacture, packaging, storage,
handling, and distribution of products.
5
Definitions
Organisational requirements refer to instructions to staff on policy and procedures
which are documented in memo or manual format and are available in the workplace.
These requirements include but are not limited to – site specific requirements,
company quality or food safety management requirements, and/or legislative
requirements.
Legislative and regulatory requirements applicable to this unit standard may include:
Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996, Animal Products Act 1999,
Animal Products (Dairy) Regulations 2005, relevant Dairy Specifications/Notices.
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Comply with hygiene standards.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Personal hygiene complies with work area standards.
1.2
Clothing and equipment are maintained to meet work area standards.
1.3
Personal movement around the workplace and through entries and exits
complies with work area standards.
Outcome 2
Handle product hygienically.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Product and work area are inspected for signs of contamination and product
safety hazards in accordance with organisational requirements.
Range
2.2
product safety hazards may include but are not limited to – poor
personal hygiene, poor storage, poor handling, poor cleaning
practices.
Product is handled in accordance with organisational hygiene requirements.
Range
hygiene standards may include but are not limited to – clothing,
footwear, product handling, product storage, equipment cleaning.
Outcome 3
Maintain work area.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Work area and equipment are maintained in accordance with organisational
requirements.
3.2
Waste is collected and disposed of in accordance with organisational waste
management requirements.
3.3
Equipment and supplies are used and stored in accordance with organisational
requirements.
Outcome 4
Demonstrate knowledge of product safety in relation to the workplace.
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Evidence requirements
4.1
The product safety programme is described in terms of its purpose and
implications for the workplace.
4.2
Sources of information on product safety and personal hygiene requirements
are identified in accordance with organisational requirements.
4.3
Roles and responsibilities are described in terms of their relationship to product
safety.
responsibilities may include but are not limited to – internal and
external product safety personnel, self, product safety programme.
Range
4.4
Requirements and practices are identified in terms of their relationship to
product safety.
product safety requirements may include but are not limited to –
personal hygiene and clothing, people movement, reporting of
illness, methods and procedures for preventing contamination,
handling and storage of product and materials, cleaning and
sanitation, housekeeping.
Range
Replacement information
This unit standard has been replaced by unit standard
28630
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
30 June 2003
Rollover and
Revision
2
25 September 2006
Rollover and
Revision
3
17 July 2009
Review
4
18 June 2015
31 December 2017
31 December 2017
31 December 2017
31 December 2017
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0022
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,
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.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
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