AS 5008-2007 Hygienic rendering of animal products
Standards Australia
Supersedes: AS 5008-2001 Hygienic rendering of animal products
Supersedes: AS 5008-2001 AMDT 1 Hygienic rendering of animal products
Draft Designation: DR 07289This Standard is also known as PISC (SCARM) Report No. 87 which was published as AS 5008:2007 by CSIRO PUBLISHING.
This Standard has been approved by the Primary Industries Ministerial Council (PIMC) and implementation forms part of a broader national framework for managing risks associated with animal feed controls in Australia. The focus is on the safety of end products of rendering operations and provides for standards that are consistent with the principles and objectives of the world standards contained in Codex Alimentarius.
Originated as AS 5008-2001. Second edition 2007.
This Standard applies to all rendering premises operating in Australia and to all products of rendering operations including, but not restricted to:
• meat meal;
• meat and bone meal;
• bone meal;
• poultry meal;
• poultry by-product meal;
• feather meal;
• fish meal;
• blood meal;
• tallow;
• poultry oil;
• fish oil.
Minimum requirements for construction and equipment and rendering operations are prescribed in this Standard. Rendered products intended for human consumption must also comply with the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code.
Note: For the meaning of meal see Section 1 – Definitions.
Contents:
1: Definitions
2: Management and production practices at rendering premises
3: Construction – premises and equipment
4: Processing requirements
5: Ruminant feed ban
6: Identification, traceability, integrity and record keeping
7: References
Meat for Human and Animal Consumption.
ACT Health; Australian Chicken Meat Federation and Australian Poultry Industries Association; Australian Meat Industry Council; Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service; Australian Renderers' Association; Department of Health, WA; Department of Primary Industries and Water, Tas.; Department of Primary Industry, Fisheries and Mines, NT; Food Standards Australia New Zealand; Meat&Livestock Australia; Meat Standards Committee; NSW Food Authority; Primary Industries Standing Committee; Primary Industries and Resources, SA; PrimeSafe; Safe Food Queensland; South Australian Meat Hygiene Advisory Council; The Australian Game Meat Producers Association; WA Meat Industry Authority.
