20 MAY 2010 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 58 1671

poultry product means the carcass of poultry, poultry meat or poultry meat product, as the case may be.

premises means a poultry primary production or processing premises.

processing of poultry or poultry product includes the -

(a) holding before stunning; or

(b) stunning; or

(c) bleeding; or

(d) scalding; or

(e) defeathering; or

(f) removing of head or feet; or

(g) processing of feet; or

(h) removing of viscera; or

(i) processing of offal; or

(j) trimming; or

(k) washing; or

(l) chilling: or

(m) spin chilling; or

(n) freezing; or

(o) thawing; or

(p) deboning or portioning; or

(q) mincing or dicing; or

(r) marinating; or

(s) injecting or massaging; or

(t) partial cooking; or

(u) crumbing; or

(v) packaging; or

(w) storage, associated with processing;

of poultry or poultry product, as the case may be, for human consumption.

unsuitable means unsuitable as defined in Standard 3.1.1, but includes poultry or poultry product that is in a condition, or contains a substance a person would ordinarily regard as making the poultry, after processing, or poultry product unfit for human consumption.

Editorial note:

‘Suitable’ are defined in Standard 3.1.1. Clause 2 of Standard 3.1.1 provides:

Food is not suitable if it -

(a) is damaged, deteriorated or perished to an extent that affects its reasonable intended use; or

(b) contains any damaged, deteriorated or perished substance that affects its reasonable intended use; or

(c) is the product of a diseased animal or an animal that has died otherwise than by slaughter, and has not been declared by or under another Act to be safe for human consumption; or

(d) contains a biological or chemical agent, or other matter or substance, that is foreign to the nature of the food.

However, food is not unsuitable for the purposes of the Food Safety Standards merely because -

(a) it contains an agricultural or veterinary chemical in an amount that does not contravene the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code; or

(b) it contains a metal or non-metal contaminant (within the meaning of the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code) in an amount that does not contravene the permitted level for the contaminant as specified in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code; or

(c) it contains any matter or substance that is permitted by the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code.

2 Application

This Standard does not apply to poultry retail sale activities or poultry product retail sale activities.

Division 2 – Primary production of poultry

3 General food safety management

(1) A poultry producer must systematically examine all of its primary production operations to identify potential hazards and implement control measures to address those hazards.

(2) A poultry producer must also have evidence to show that a systematic examination has been undertaken and that control measures for those identified hazards have been implemented.

(3) A poultry producer must operate according to a food safety management statement that sets out how the requirements of this Division are to be or are being complied with.

4 Inputs

A poultry producer must take all reasonable measures to ensure inputs do not make the poultry unsuitable.

Editorial note:

See the definition of ‘inputs’ in Standard 4.1.1 which includes feed, litter, water and chemicals used in or in connection with the primary production activity.