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Code of Practice – Processing of Poultry

Part 1: Overview

Prelims

Amendment 0

December 2007

Table of Contents

Prelims 2

1 Purpose and Scope of the Code of Practice 5

2 Requirements of the Animal Products Act 1999 8

2.1 Risk management programmes (Part 2 of the Act) 8

2.2 Regulated control schemes (Part 3 of the Act) 8

2.3 Exporter controls (Part 5 of the Act) 9

2.4 Imposition of authorisations, duties and responsibilities (Part 8 of the Animal Products Act) 9

3 Risk Management Programme 10

3.1 What is a risk management programme? 10

3.2 RMP configurations 10

3.3 Contents of a risk management programme 11

4 Development of an RMP based on an Approved Code of Practice 14

4.1 Businesses whose products and processes are fully covered by an approved COP 14

4.2 Businesses whose products or processes are not fully covered by an approved COP, or those with significant variation from the COP 15

4.3 Evaluation 15

4.4 Steps for the development, registration and implementation of an RMP 15

5 Other Legislation 17

6 Sources of Other Information 18

Disclaimer

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

Review of Code of Practice

This code of practice will be reviewed, as necessary, by the New Zealand Food Safety Authority. Suggestions for alterations, deletions or additions to this code of practice, should be sent, together with reasons for the change, any relevant data and contact details of the person making the suggestion, to:

Assistant Director (Production and Processing)
New Zealand Standards Group
New Zealand Food Safety Authority
PO Box 2835
Wellington
Phone: (04) 894 2500
Fax: (04) 894 2643

Amendment Record

(To be used with hard copy only)

Amendments will be notified on NZFSA’s web site and issued to PIANZ for distribution to their members. Other relevant parties may request copies from NZFSA where appropriate.

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 To update this publication when you receive an amendment, remove the appropriate outdated pages, destroy them, and replace them with the pages from the new issue.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 Verification Agency.

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