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Title
Demonstrate knowledge of post-mortem meat products examination
requirements
Level
3
Credits
Purpose
8
People credited with this unit standard are able to: locate and
identify the anatomical features of the dressed meat carcass;
identify disease and defect tickets used in meat examination;
and describe the inspection techniques used in post-mortem
meat examination.
This unit standard is for supervisors and meat processing
workers employed in the slaughter department of meat
processing plants who are required to identify contaminated
meat products, but are not animal product examiners.
Classification
Meat Processing > Meat Industry Generic
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to – Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992, Animal Products Act 1999.
2
Resource documents include but are not limited to – Industry Standard/Industry
Agreed Standard 3 Hygiene and Sanitation (MISC & VISC), Industry
Standard/Industry Agreed Standard 5 Slaughter and Dressing (MISC & VISC),
Manual 16 Post-Mortem Inspection, and relevant Notices, all available from the New
Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) at http://www.nzfsa.govt.nz.
This unit standard is
expiring
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Locate and identify the anatomical features of the dressed meat carcass.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Anatomical features of the dressed carcass are located and identified in terms
of external surfaces.
Range
external surfaces include but are not limited to – hocks, stifle
joints, tail, muscular groove, flank, diaphragm, rib cage, sternum
(brisket), axilla, neck, point of shoulder, scapular bone, rectal,
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pelvic, abdominal and thoracic cavities, lumbar region, pleura,
peritoneum, penis, testes, mammary glands.
1.2
Lymph nodes are identified in terms of location.
Range
lymph nodes include but are not limited to – popliteal, precural,
ischiatic, internal iliac, lumbar, superficial inguinal,
supramammary, prescapular lymph nodes.
Outcome 2
Identify disease and defect tickets used in meat examination.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Disease and defect tickets are identified and explained in terms of their uses.
Range
diseases and defects of all classes of animals listed as general
diseases utilised by AsureQuality New Zealand official assessors.
Outcome 3
Describe the inspection techniques used in post-mortem meat examination.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Inspection techniques are described in terms of view, palpate and incise, and
smell.
3.2
Post-mortem appearances of species generic diseases and defects are
described.
diseases and defects include but are not limited to – wounds,
This
standard
is
bruises,unit
arthritis, emaciation,
pleurisy, peritonitis,
sarcocysts,
neoplasms, contamination, pyogenic lesions, pigmentations,
melanosis, expiring
septicaemia, other causes.
Range
3.3
Post-mortem appearances of species specific diseases and defects are
described.
Range
cattle, deer – actinoform lesions, tuberculosis; xanthosis;
pigs – faulty castration, skin lesions, tuberculosis;
sheep and lambs – caseous lymphadenitis, cysticercus ovis.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
21 November 2001
31 December 2016
Review
2
19 June 2009
31 December 2016
Review
3
27 January 2015
31 December 2016
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
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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.
This unit standard is
expiring
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
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