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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Describe the symptoms of the major emergency diseases as they relate to food animals
   • Identify the major emergency diseases of food animals processed in Australia
   • Describe the impact of emergency diseases on the meat industry
   • Describe the symptoms of these major emergency diseases as they may be seen at ante-mortem
   • Describe the symptoms of these major emergency diseases as they may be seen at post-mortem
2. Identify the reporting process for suspected emergency diseases
   • Explain the responsibilities for reporting emergency disease suspects as set out in the enterprise’s emergency disease preparedness plan
   • Describe a meat processing enterprise’s responsibilities after reporting a suspected emergency disease outbreak
   • Explain the role of AUSVET Plan in controlling emergency diseases
   • Describe the potential impact of emergency diseases on the livestock and meat industry

Range Statement

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Performance Evidence

The candidate must recognise the symptoms of emergency diseases and conditions which might be seen during the performance of meat inspection procedures.

The candidate must:

identify the major emergency disease risks to the food animal species relevant to the students duties

identify the symptoms of these emergency diseases

explain the reporting requirements when an emergency disease is suspected in livestock or carcases

explain the steps to be taken by a meat processing company in the event of a suspected outbreak of an emergency disease

explain the steps to be taken by regulators when there is a suspected outbreak of an emergency disease

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Knowledge Evidence

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

the major emergency diseases of food species animals

the symptoms of the major emergency diseases of food species animals

the reporting requirements when an emergency disease is suspected in livestock or carcases

the steps to be taken by a meat processing enterprise in the event of a suspected outbreak of an emergency disease and how they are to be implemented

the AUSVET plan and the role of regulators, companies and producers in the event of an the reporting requirements when an emergency disease is suspected in livestock or carcases

the steps to be taken by regulators when there is a suspected outbreak of an emergency disease

the enterprise’s emergency disease preparedness plan

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