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Title
Develop, implement, and verify the operation of a food safety
programme for a food business
Level
5
Credits
40
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: develop a
food safety programme for a food business; and implement,
and verify the operation of the food safety programme within
the food business.
Classification
Hospitality > Food Safety
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Definitions
`food business – an operation that engages in the production, manufacture,
preparation, packaging, storage, handling, transport, distribution, or sale of food
whether for profit or not;
food safety programme – a programme based on the principles of Hazard Analysis
Critical Control Point (HACCP), designed to identify and control food safety risk
factors, in order to establish and maintain food safety. Risks may relate to
production, manufacture, preparation, packaging, storage, handling, distribution, or
sale of food.
2
Legislation and regulations to be complied with include but are not limited to New
Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) guidelines and/or industry codes of practice
(available from www.nzfsa.govt.nz/processed-food-retail-sale/index.htm), Food
Hygiene Regulations 1974, Food Act 1981 and any food safety programmes
recognised by this Act, Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, and any
subsequent amendments.
3
All outcomes are to be assessed by observation and/or questioning as appropriate.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Develop a food safety programme for a food business.
Evidence requirements
1.1
The development of the food safety programme is consistent with legislation,
NZFSA guidelines and/or industry codes of practice.
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The food safety programme is documented according to the NZFSA guidelines
and/or industry codes of practice.
Outcome 2
Implement the food safety programme within the food business.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Implementation of the food safety programme is completed according to NZFSA
guidelines and documented programme.
Outcome 3
Verify the operation of the food safety programme within the food business.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Verification of the food safety programme is carried out in accordance with
NZFSA guidelines and/or industry codes of practice.
3.2
Records are maintained in accordance with the food safety programme.
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 September 1998
31 December 2017
Revision
2
14 April 1999
31 December 2017
Review
3
22 September 2004
31 December 2017
Rollover and
Revision
4
15 January 2010
Review
5
20 February 2014
31 December 2017
31 December 2017
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0112
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.
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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.
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