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Dual Operator Butchers

Dual operator butchers are defined in section 4 of the Animal Products Act. They are retail butchers that also provide a homekill and recreational catch service at the same premises or place.

Until a risk management programme is registered, dual operator butchers must continue to meet the requirements of the Food Act 1981, and either the Food Hygiene Regulations 1974 or an approved Food Safety Programme for all regulated product within your retail butchery. You must also maintain your registration under the Health (Registration of Premises) Regulations 1966.

The following requirements apply under the Animal Products Act:

Being listed as a homekill recreational catch service provider
Not killing homekill or recreational catch at the premises or place where regulated animal product is processed or traded
Having separate storage and processing of homekill and recreational catch from regulated animal product – see Attachment A
Complying with the prohibition on exporting
Complying with the notified inventory records and information requirements – see Attachment B
Having a notice conspicuously displayed in a public part of your premises, printed in plain letters of not less than 25 mm in face measurement with the following or similar words, as appropriate –

"Notice – meat and/or fish that is not intended for sale is processed on these premises."

The NZ Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) has developed a Code of Practice in conjunction with industry that helps dual operator butchers to develop a risk management programme (RMP). If you develop your RMP fully in conjunction with this Code of Practice, then there is no requirement for you to have your RMP independently evaluated.

Dual operator butchers must have a registered risk management programme by 1 July 2005.

Attachment A

Achieving Separation of Homekill from Regulated Meat

Attachment B

Homekill and Recreational Catch Records

The left hand column describes what records need to be kept. Put a tick in the right hand column if you already record this. If not, change your records so that they collect the right information then add the tick to show you have done it.

Records to be kept by Dual Operator Butchers	Already Recorded
Records demonstrating that all homekill and recreational catch animal material received is accounted for including: the approximate amount, type, quantity and origin of the animal material received; the animal material or product returned to the animal owner or hunter; and what has happened to non-edible parts of the animal that can be traded, such as the hide.
Slaughtering records (NB: Slaughtering must be done away from Dual Operator Butchers site): the date the service was provided; the name, address and phone number of the animal owner; the animal species, sex and approximate age; any distinguishing marks, e.g. eartag number, brand, earmark:– for cattle and deer only the herd identification and individual animal number must be recorded where the animal has such a number in accordance with the Animal Health Board's "National Herd Identification Scheme"; and what homekill material/product (including the hide) was delivered and to whom.
Processing records: the date the service was provided; the name, address and phone number of the animal owner; a description of the homekill or recreational catch received including animal species; what homekill material/product (including the hide) was delivered and to whom.
Records showing how to identify and distinguish each animal owner's material and product from those of others.
The homekill and recreational catch service provider must keep separate records of hides and skins received and sold, the animal species involved, the dates of the transactions and the name and address of the purchaser of the hides and skins.
In the special case where a homekill and recreational catch service provider processes an animal for humane reasons (when that animal is neither on the animal owner's nor the service provider's property), the service provider must record the date, location, reason for slaughter, and distribution of the animal material, and if known the name and address of animal owner.

Disclaimer:

This publication is not a legal interpretation of the Animal Products Act or the Animal Products (Ancillary and Transitional Provisions) Act and is intended only as a guide.

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