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Title
Explain prevention and control of product safety hazards in the dairy
industry
Level
4
Credits
5
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to explain: the
nature of dairy product safety hazards and regulatory outcomes
for dairy product safety programmes in New Zealand; control
points and control measures used to control product safety
hazards in dairy produce; and individual responsibilities for
monitoring product safety policies, procedures and control
points.
Classification
Dairy Manufacturing > Dairy Product Safety and Risk
Management
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Definition
Organisational requirements refer to instructions to staff on policy and procedures
which are documented in memo and/or manual format and are available in the
workplace. These requirements include but are not limited to – site specific
requirements, company quality management requirements, hygiene, health and
safety, regulatory and legislative requirements.
2
Product Safety Programme – a programme based on the MAF dairy industry optimal
regulation model, product safety plans, and the principles of Hazard Analysis Critical
Control Point (HACCP).
3
Routine explanations and reports may: be in everyday workplace language including
mathematical language and some commonly used technical terms; be presented
orally; be presented in writing using standard format, proforma, charts and diagrams;
include mathematical and other information from several sources.
4
Assessment against this unit standard must occur in the industry context, and should
take place primarily on-the-job under normal working conditions.
5
Mathematical operations may include routine estimation and calculation and involve
percentages, comparisons, and variations. Calculators may be used.
6
Descriptions of work practices must be in accord with codes of practice and
organisational requirements.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
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Legislative and regulatory requirements applicable to this unit standard may include –
Animal Products Act 1999, Animal Products (Dairy) Regulations 2005, relevant Dairy
Specifications/Notices.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Explain the nature of dairy product safety hazards and regulatory outcomes for dairy
product safety programmes in New Zealand.
Evidence requirements
1.1
The nature of product safety hazards is explained in terms of type and potential
origin.
Range
types – biological, chemical, physical;
origin – intrinsic, extrinsic.
1.2
Consequences of product safety hazards in dairy produce are explained in
terms of potential frequency, consumer health risk, and economic implications.
1.3
Regulatory outcomes for dairy product safety programmes are explained in
accordance with organisational requirements.
Outcome 2
Explain control points and control measures used to control product safety hazards in dairy
produce.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Control points are differentiated in terms of those required for control of product
safety hazards and those required for control of other attributes such as quality
and legal compliance.
2.2
Control measures are identified and explained in terms of prevention,
elimination and reduction of product safety hazards to acceptable levels.
Range
control measures may include but are not limited to – supplier
quality assurance, inspection and testing, health and hygiene
policies and procedures, heat treatment, temperature control,
product intrinsic factor control (eg pH, water activity),
environmental barrier and movement controls, pest control,
services control (eg water and air quality), preventative and
intrusive maintenance procedures, protective packaging, metal
detection, filtration, separation, segregation, control point
monitoring and recording, final product testing, product safety
information labelling, rework control.
Evidence is required for a minimum of four control measures
relevant to a product produced or handled in the individual’s
workplace.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
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Outcome 3
Explain individual responsibilities for monitoring product safety policies, procedures and
control points.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Individual responsibilities for monitoring and recording of product safety control
points are explained in accordance with organisational requirements.
3.2
Individual responsibilities for reporting potential product safety hazards and
breaches of product safety policies and procedures are explained in accordance
with organisational requirements.
3.3
Individual responsibilities for identification and segregation of actual or
potentially unsafe dairy produce are explained in accordance with
organisational requirements.
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
28 May 2002
31 December 2017
Revision
2
13 June 2003
31 December 2017
Rollover and
Revision
3
17 July 2009
Review
4
15 October 2015
31 December 2017
Rollover
5
21 January 2016
31 December 2019
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.
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.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
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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 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
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016