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Title
Demonstrate knowledge of disease processes that affect animal raw
materials for petfood use
Level
3
Credits
6
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to; identify the
normal and abnormal states of raw materials for petfood
processing at post-mortem examination; identify the causes
and spread of disease within the body of an animal; and
describe the effect of disease states on the fitness for use of
meat and meat products for animal consumption and their
potential impact on humans.
Classification
Animal Product Examination Services > Animal Product
Examination - Generic
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Critical health and
safety prerequisites
Unit 20200, Describe the blood and lymph systems examined
in petfood processing; or demonstrate equivalent knowledge or
skills.
This unit standard is
expiring
Explanatory notes
1
Legislation
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to the Animal
Products Act 1999.
2
Resource documents can be accessed on the website of New Zealand Food Safety
Authority (NZFSA) at http://www.nzfsa.govt.nz and includes but is not limited to
Animal Products (Recognised Agencies and Person Specifications) Notice 2007, and
Animal Products (Specifications for Products Intended for Animal Consumption)
Notice 2006.
3
Diseases and conditions referred to in this unit standard include but are not confined
to those listed in Schedule 3 of the Animal Products (Specifications for Products
Intended for Animal Consumption) Notice 2006.
4
Definition
Products referred to in this unit standard are meat products processed in premises
registered under the Animal Products Act 1999.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
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All explanations, descriptions and demonstration must meet the documentary
requirements established by the New Zealand Food Safety Authority (Animal
Products) or designated agent.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Identify normal and abnormal states of raw materials for petfood processing at postmortem examination.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Normal and abnormal appearances in offal are identified in terms of fitness for
processing.
1.2
Normal and abnormal appearances of dressed carcasses are identified in terms
of fitness for processing.
Outcome 2
Identify the causes and spread of disease within the body of an animal.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Causes of disease are identified in terms of physical, biological and chemical
causes.
2.2
Causes of disease are identified in terms of the ways in which pathogens invade
the body.
This unit standard is
Range
blood, lymph,
contingency.
expiring
Range
2.3
inhalation, ingestion injury, copulation.
Spread of disease in an animal is explained.
Outcome 3
Describe the effect of disease states on the fitness for use of meat and meat products for
animal consumption and their potential impact on humans.
Evidence requirements
3.1
The explanation identifies a range of disease states and their potential impact
on humans through petfood.
Range
3.2
acute, localised, spread, general systemic illness, chronic,
resolved.
The explanation identifies disease states that can be managed during petfood
processing to ensure product is fit for animal consumption.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
20207 version 5
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Replacement information
This unit standard, unit standard 13490, unit standard
13491, unit standard 13492, unit standard 13493, unit
standard 13494, unit standard 13501, unit standard
13502, unit standard 13503, unit standard 13504, unit
standard 20206, unit standard 22049, unit standard
24502, unit standard 24503, unit standard 24504, unit
standard 24505, unit standard 24507, and unit standard
27355 have been replaced by unit standard 27754.
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
26 August 2003
31 December 2014
Review
2
25 October 2007
31 December 2014
Review
3
19 July 2012
31 December 2014
Reinstatement
4
20 March 2015
31 December 2017
Rollover
5
17 September 2015
31 December 2018
Rollover
6
March 2016
31 December 2019
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0033
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
This unit standard is
expiring
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