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Title
Demonstrate knowledge of meat industry workplace hygiene and
food safety requirements
Level
3
Purpose
Credits
4
This unit standard is for experienced people in the meat
processing industry and whose job requires them to apply
workplace hygiene and food safety requirements when
processing meat products.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify and
describe food safety requirements in the meat processing
industry; and explain workplace hygiene requirements in the
meat processing industry.
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.
2
Resource documents include but are not limited to – Industry Standard 3, Hygiene
and Sanitation, available from the New Zealand Food Safety Authority at
http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/industry/sectors/meat-ostrich-emugame/meatman/ias3vsc/index.htm.
3
This unit standard is
Definitions
Organisational requirements –expiring
instructions to staff on policies and procedures which
are documented in memo, electronic or manual format and are available in the
workplace.
Operator – the candidate being assessed against this unit standard.
4
Range
Contamination includes but is not limited to – physical, chemical, microbial.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Identify and describe food safety requirements in the meat processing industry.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Five causes of product contamination are identified and described in terms of
their impact on meat products.
Range
1.2
evidence is required from one area in slaughter and dressing or
further processing.
Measures to prevent potential causes of contamination are identified and
described in accordance with organisational and statutory requirements.
Range
measures address the five causes identified above.
Outcome 2
Explain workplace hygiene requirements in the meat processing industry.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Hygiene requirements relating to company supplied clothing and equipment are
explained in accordance with organisational and statutory requirements.
Range
2.2
2.3
requirements include but are not limited to – locker compliance
(procedure), hair containment, jewellery, requirements when
entering an ‘edible’ department.
This unit standard is
expiring
Work methods required to minimise the risk of product contamination are
Personal hygiene practices required to minimise the risk of product
contamination and operator infection are explained in accordance with
organisational and statutory requirements.
explained in accordance with organisational and statutory requirements.
2.4
The requirements for handling contaminated meat products, surfaces,
machinery, equipment and materials are explained in accordance with
organisational and statutory requirements.
2.5
Procedures for identifying and reporting unhygienic conditions in the workplace
are explained in accordance with organisational requirements.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
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2505 version 9
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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
31 January 1995
31 December 2012
Revision
2
29 September 1998
31 December 2012
Review
3
30 August 1999
31 December 2012
Revision
4
19 July 2001
31 December 2012
Revision
5
10 October 2002
31 December 2012
Review
6
27 February 2006
31 December 2012
Review
7
21 July 2011
31 December 2016
Review
8
27 January 2015
31 December 2016
Rollover
9
17 September 2015
31 December 2018
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.
This unit standard is
expiring
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