AMPAUD401 — Conduct an animal welfare audit of a meat processing premises

1 Identify relevant animal welfare regulations and standards

• 1.1Identify and interpret relevant regulations and legislation about animal welfare/cruelty
• 1.2Identify the responsibilities of business operators and personnel under relevant legislation
• 1.3Identify relevant animal welfare standards, voluntary codes of practice and quality systems
• 1.4Identify sections of Acts, regulations, voluntary codes of practice or equivalent standards relevant to species being processed
• 1.5Identify relevant and applicable animal welfare measures for receival, lairage, stunning and slaughtering during audit

2 Audit the animal welfare component of an Approved Arrangement for compliance with regulatory and relevant standard requirements

• 2.1Audit Approved Arrangement or equivalent quality assurance systems for compliance with customer, commercial and regulatory requirements
• 2.2Identify and confirm that workplace procedures for livestock receival, unloading, lairage, handling, restraining, stunning, slaughter, personnel training and animal welfare monitoring comply with relevant regulations and standards

3 Audit transport and unloading arrangements for livestock

• 3.1Check the establishment’s Approved Arrangement to ensure that it incorporates procedures and practices that enable compliance with customer, corporate and regulatory requirements
• 3.2Audit the unloading and receival or ante-mortem inspection, sorting and yarding against workplace, customer, commercial and regulatory requirements
• 3.3Identify facilities and equipment as operational and appropriately maintained, and confirm their suitability for use

4 Audit management of livestock in lairage prior to slaughter

• 4.1Assess inputs into the welfare of livestock in lairage against regulatory, customer and workplace requirements, including facilities, handling practices, inspections, access to feed and water and pen density
• 4.2Assess welfare of animals against pre-determined welfare measures

5 Audit treatment of sick/injured or uncooperative animals

• 5.1Access workplace requirements for suspect, sick, injured or uncooperative stock
• 5.2Assess the handling of suspect, sick, injured or uncooperative stock against workplace and customer standards and regulatory requirements

6 Audit stunning of livestock

• 6.1Review inputs into the stunning process, including equipment maintenance, training and facilities, for compliance with workplace standards and regulatory requirements
• 6.2Assess effectiveness of restraint and stunning against workplace, customer and regulatory requirements
• 6.3Assess monitoring of effective stunning by company personnel against workplace, customer and regulatory requirements

7 Audit slaughtering and shackling

• 7.1Observe and assess the bleeding process for compliance with workplace and regulatory requirements
• 7.2Assess bodies on the bleed chain for insensibility
• 7.3Observe operators to ensure they are complying with workplace procedures, including checking for an effective stun

8 Audit animal welfare monitoring, internal auditing, and corrective and preventative action program

• 8.1Review routine monitoring records for livestock handling, stunning and effective slaughter to ensure compliance with workplace, regulatory and customer requirements
• 8.2Review internal audit records to assess control of animal welfare outcomes, including training of personnel
• 8.3Assess effectiveness of preventative and corrective action programs

9 Audit contingency arrangements

• 9.1Access workplace livestock contingency plans
• 9.2Review and assess contingency plans for livestock emergencies against regulatory and standard requirements

10 Plan for an animal welfare audit

• 10.1Interpret audit schedule and plan and organise the timely conduct of audit
• 10.2Determine objectives, scope and criteria of audit according to workplace requirements
• 10.3Assemble and brief audit team, as required, for the objectives, scope and criteria of the audit
• 10.4Notify those affected by and involved in the audit, and document responsibilities according to workplace requirements
• 10.5Notify stakeholders involved in an internal audit according to workplace requirements
• 10.6Identify procedures, records and workplace documentation needed for the audit
• 10.7Document evidence collection methods and sources to be used in the audit, including developing workplace checklists to workplace specifications
• 10.8Conduct a document review prior to audit

11 Report outcomes of an animal welfare audit

• 11.1Prepare an audit report, detailing areas of the program that were audited and findings against the audit criteria, including non-conformances where applicable
• 11.2Document objective evidence according to workplace standards
• 11.3Keep records of audit process, objective evidence and findings according to workplace and regulatory requirements
• 11.4Report findings according to workplace requirements

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