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MEMORANDUM

To	Meat Industry Association – Tim Ritchie, Kevin Cresswell Abattoir Association – Gary Beecroft New Zealand Pork Processors Association – Jan Henshall Ostrich and Emu Standards Council – Ross Davies Deer Industry New Zealand – John Moynihan
CC	Carol Barnao, NZ Standards Group Chris Mawson, Su Langdon, NZFSA VA Lindsay Nicholls, CIG
Date	27 July 2009
From	Carol Barnao, Director (Standards)
Subject	Consultation on Draft Generic RMP Model for the Slaughter and Dressing of Pigs – of the Meat Code of Practice

Background and update

For many years the meat industry has used a range of industry/industry-agreed standards, which are now in the process of being updated, with several Parts in various stages of development and consultation. An overview is available in the draft Code of Practice – Processing of Meat Products, Part 1: Overview. Once finalised this Code of Practice will consist of the following four parts:

• Part 1: Overview;

• Part 2: Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), comprising a number of Chapters such as 8 – Disposition;

• Part 3: HACCP Application, including generic RMP models;

• Part 4: Identification and Control of Risk Factors Related to Wholesomeness and Labelling

Following on from the consultation that has already occurred on:

• Part 1: Processing of Meat Products, Overview; and

• Various Part 2 Chapters including 3: Hygiene and Sanitation and 5: Slaughter and Dressing.

The Draft Generic Risk Management Programme (RMP) Model for the Slaughter and Dressing of Pigs is now being circulated in draft form for consultation. The scope of this model includes slaughter, dressing, cooling and boning.

A Technical Annex to this generic RMP is currently being finalised and will be published for consultation as soon as it is completed.

You are invited to make submissions on this draft by 5.00pm, Friday 28 August 2009.

Submitters are asked to include the following information with their submission:

• The name and title of the submitter;

• Organisation’s name where applicable;

• Submitters address and contact details (phone, fax and e-mail if available);

• The title and number of the clause(s) commented on where appropriate.

Submissions should be addressed to:

Lennox Vellekoop

Programme Manager (Animal Products)

New Zealand Standards Group

New Zealand Food Safety Authority

P O Box 2835

WELLINGTON

Alternatively, responses can be e-mailed to: Lennox.vellekoop@nzfsa.govt.nz

All submissions are subject to the Official Information Act 1982. Therefore if you consider that all or part of your submission is commercially sensitive or should be treated as confidential, please state this clearly when making your submission.

Yours faithfully

(signed)

Carol Barnao

Director (Standards)