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Title
Apply the principles of pathogen management in the New Zealand
dairy industry
Level
4
Credits
6
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe
pathogenic contamination of dairy products, including the
health and economic consequences; outline the principles of a
pathogen management system for a dairy industry site; and
document a traceback action plan following the notification of a
positive Level 3 in the individual’s workplace.
Classification
Dairy Manufacturing > Dairy Product Safety and Risk
Management
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Critical health and
safety prerequisites
Open.
Explanatory notes
1
Work must be carried out in accordance with organisational requirements.
2
Organisational requirements refers to instructions to staff on policy and procedures
(including the application of legislation to work situations) which are formally
documented or generally accepted at the work site. This may include legislation:
industry standards and methods, national and international standards and methods:
standards and methods published in internationally recognised reputable texts:
customer/organisation developed methods, standard operating procedures,
specifications, manuals, and manufacturer’s information.
3
The legislation and standards relevant to this unit standard may include but are not
limited to – Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, Animal Products Act 1999,
Animal Products (Dairy) Regulations 2005, ISO/IEC 17025:1999 General
requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories, NZFSA –
Approved Standards and Codes of Practice at
http://www.nzfsa.govt.nz/dairy/registers-lists.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
8969 version 5
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Describe pathogenic contamination of dairy products, including the health and economic
consequences.
Range
Salmonella, Listeria, Staphylococcus aureus, Esherichia coli, Bacillus cereus,
Campylobacter, Clostridium, Yersinia.
Evidence requirements
1.1
The conditions for growth are identified
Range
1.2
The description identifies the health effects on humans.
Range
1.3
environment, nutrients, pH, temperature, oxygen, moisture.
fatal, non- fatal, age groups.
The economic effects of product contamination are described
Range
levels 1 to 4 as defined by NZCP 5.
Outcome 2
Outline the principles of a pathogen management system for a dairy industry site.
Range
entry criteria, ancillary services, personal hygiene, maintenance, raw materials,
packaging, internal and external environment.
Evidence requirements
2.1
A pathogen management checklist is developed for a given area in accordance
with the Dairy Industry Pathogen Management Checklist.
Outcome 3
Document a traceback action plan following the notification of a positive Level 3 in the
individual’s workplace.
Range
Salmonella or Listeria
Evidence requirements
3.1
The documented action plan meets the requirements of organisation
requirements
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
8969 version 5
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
28 April 1997
31 December 2017
Revision
2
2 July 1999
31 December 2017
Revision
3
13 June 2003
31 December 2017
Rollover and
Revision
4
26 January 2007
31 December 2017
Review
5
15 October 2015
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.
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
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016