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Title
Demonstrate knowledge of the poultry industry as it applies to
poultry meat examination
Level
3
Credits
6
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate
knowledge of: the poultry meat industry structure, and
production systems; commercial slaughter and dressing
systems for poultry meat; and the significance of zoonotic
organisms relevant to poultry, their impact on human health
and their relevance to pre-slaughter and post-mortem
examination of poultry.
Classification
Animal Product Examination Services > Animal Product
Examination - Species Specific
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
For credit, evidence must be in accordance with the statutory and industry
requirements contained in the following documents:
Animal Products Act 1999;
Animal Products Regulations 2000;
Animal Welfare Act 1999;
Poultry Industry Processing Standard 5 (PIPS5);
Animal Products (Recognised Agencies and Persons Specifications) Notice 2007;
Animal Products (Specifications for Products Intended for Human Consumption)
Notice 2004;
Animal Products (Risk Management Programme Specifications) Notice 2003;
Risk Management Programme Manual;
Animal Products (Specifications for the Ante-mortem and Post-mortem Examination
of Poultry Intended for Human or Animal Consumption) Notice 2005;
Animal Products (Official Assurance Specifications) Notice 2005;
New Zealand Food Safety Authority, Official Assurances Programme, July 2005;
New Zealand Food Safety Authority, Overseas Market Access Requirements
(OMAR) – Animal Products; and their subsequent amendments.
This unit standard is
expiring
2
Notices and manuals specified above can be accessed on the website of New
Zealand Food Safety Authority at http://www.nzfsa.govt.nz.
3
Definitions
WFHS refers to whole flock health scheme – a documented system of health
surveillance (including, where applicable, disease control or eradication) and the
management of agricultural compounds and veterinary medicines according to any
general or specific conditions of use.
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SSB Code 101558
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All terms or expressions that are defined in the Animal Products Act 1999, or Notices
made under that Act, and are used but not defined in this unit standard, have the
same meaning as in that Act or Notice.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of the structure of the poultry meat industry.
Evidence requirements
1.1
The structure of the poultry meat industry is described in terms of industry
sectors and their relationships.
Range
1.2
breeding, hatching, growing, feed milling, meat processing,
distribution.
Poultry meat products are described in terms of their intended consumer and
use.
Range
raw and ready-to-eat products for human consumption, products
for petfood, products destined for rendering.
Outcome 2
Demonstrate knowledge of poultry meat production systems.
Evidence requirements
2.1
The implications for poultry meat production systems are described in terms of
their degree of intensification.
This
unit standard is
free range, barn.
A WFHS is described in expiring
terms of its purpose and associated control measures.
Range
2.2
Range
2.3
veterinary medicines, feed and environmental contaminants,
health checks of birds, other agricultural compounds.
The purpose of supplier statements, or supplier guarantee programmes, for
poultry supplied for primary processing is described.
Outcome 3
Demonstrate knowledge of commercial slaughter and dressing systems for poultry meat.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Poultry meat processing systems are described in terms of processing steps
and processing equipment commonly used at each step.
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Poultry meat processing systems are described in terms of normal control
measures used to reduce or eliminate pathogens and other hazards in the
product.
Outcome 4
Demonstrate knowledge of the significance of zoonotic organisms relevant to poultry, their
impact on human health and their relevance to pre-slaughter and post-mortem
examination of poultry.
Range
Salmonella sp, Campylobacter sp.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Zoonotic organisms are identified and described in terms of their significance to
human health and how an individual operator would know of the status of their
live birds and final product in terms of these organisms.
4.2
Zoonotic organisms are identified and described in terms of how poultry is
initially contaminated and the control measures that can be applied at
production, live bird transport and primary processing.
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
24 March 2006
31 December 2014
Review
2
25 February 2008
31 December 2014
Review
Reinstatement
Rollover
3
19 July 2012
31 December 2014
This
unit
standard
is
4
20 March 2015
31 December 2017
5
17 September 2015
expiring 31 December 2018
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0033
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.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
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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
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016