NZFSA does not accept any responsibility or liability whatsoever for any error of fact, omission, interpretation or opinion that may be present, however it may have occurred.

Website
A copy of this document can be found at http://www.nzfsa.govt.nz/animalproducts.index.htm

Notice of Copyright

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise stored in any retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holders.

Preface

Industry Standard 3 and Industry Agreed Standard 3 have been developed jointly by Industry, MAF Verification Agency and NZFSA and is endorsed by the Meat Industry Standards Council and Venison Industry Standards Council.

It is the New Zealand standard for quality assurance for premises licensed, in terms of the Meat Act 1981, and premises approved by NZFSA .

It is an official circular issued by the NZFSA of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, pursuant to the Meat Act 1981, under the delegated authority from the Director-General of Agriculture and Forestry.

Review of Industry Standard 3 / Industry Agreed Standard 3

This industry standard shall be regularly reviewed according to a schedule held by NZFSA (Animal Products).

The co-ordinator welcomes suggestions for alterations, deletions or additions to this standard, to improve it or make it more suited to Industry needs. Suggestions should be sent to the co-ordinator on the form on Page P.10 together with reasons for the change and any relevant data.

The co-ordinator of this standard is:

Judy Barker

Assistant Director (Animal Product Standards)

New Zealand Food Safety Authority (Animal Products)

PO Box 2835

Wellington

Telephone: (04) 463 2500

Facsimile: (04) 463 2643

Suggestions for Changes

Name: ______________________________________________________________ Organisation: ________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ Email: _____________________________________________________________ Phone: _________________________________Facsimile ____________________ Industry Standard 3 / Industry Agreed Standard 3 : Hygiene and Sanitation
Section	Suggested Improvements

Signature:		Date:
Please post to: Judy Barker Assistant Director Animal Product Standards New Zealand Food Safety Authority PO Box 2835 Wellington		Acknowledgement of receipt: Signature: Date:

Amendment Record

It is important that this publication is kept up-to-date by the prompt incorporation of amendments.

To update this publication when you receive an amendment, remove the appropriate outdated pages, destroy them, and replace them with the pages from the new issue. Complete instructions will be given on the covering letter accompanying the amendment. File the covering letter at the back of the publication and sign off and date this page.

If you have any queries, please ask your local Technical Supervisor.

Amendment No.	Date	Initials	Amendment No.	Date	Initials
1	Sept 1999		21
2	April 2002		22
3	May 2004		23
4	April 2006		24
5			25
6			26
7			27
8			28
9			29
10			30
11			31
12			32
13			33
14			34
15			35
16			36
17			37
18			38
19			39
20			40

All information on this website is subject to a disclaimer.

Contact for enquiries

New Zealand Food Safety Authority
68-86 Jervois Quay
PO Box 2835
Wellington
NEW ZEALAND

Phone: +64 4 894 2500
Fax: +64 4 894 2501

Contact NZFSA about this page