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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Identify the types of offal
   • Identify types of offal
   • Identify sources of contamination and cross-contamination of offal
   • Explain consequences of damage or contamination of offal
2. Identify the flow of offal and processing steps on the slaughter floor
   • Follow steps for handling offal on the slaughter floor
   • Identify procedures for inspecting offal
   • Identify chutes and bins used for edible and inedible offal
3. Identify the requirements for processing offal on the slaughter floor
   • Identify and follow workplace, regulatory and health and safety requirements for workers handling offal

Range Statement

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Performance Evidence

The candidate must explain the steps required to process offal on the slaughter floor.

The candidate must:

explain the steps for processing offal

identify condemnation marks on offal

identify edible offal

identify the various organs processed on the viscera table

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Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate a basic factual, technical and procedural knowledge of:

inspection process

contamination to offal caused by bile, ingesta, excreta and paunch content

procedures for the disposal of inedible offal in appropriate bins or chutes

workplace, health and safety, hygiene and sanitation, and Quality Assurance (QA) requirements related to processing offal on the slaughter floor

sources of contamination

general uses of offal

impact of contamination of edible offal on further processing.

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