Animal Welfare Standards - Australian Meat Industry Council

AUDIT CHECKLIST
Principle
Reference
P3.3 Are personnel handling
livestock on a daily basis
regularly competent to:
• identify abnormal
behaviours, injuries
and signs of stress in
livestock?
• take action when required
to rectify a problem?
P3.4 Are personnel handling
livestock who use
implements and/or
dogs to move animals
competent in their
appropriate use?
P3.5 Are personnel that are
competent in humane
destruction available
and/or are able to be
contacted for prompt
action as required?
P3.6 Are personnel involved in
stunning and slaughter
competent in recognising
the effectiveness of the
procedure (eg. signs of
insensibility)?
P4.1,
P4.6
P4.2,
P4.3
(and 5.5)
Principle Target
Are expectations for assuring
that livestock are fit for
the intended journey are
communicated to livestock
suppliers?
Are consignments of
livestock assessed and
any weak, ill or injured
animals identified and
recorded?
30 For approved methods, refer to Appendix 5.
Personnel handling livestock are competent to:
• routinely inspect livestock;
• identify simple behavioural and physiological signs of stress,
disease and injury;
• take action as necessary.
Personnel handling livestock have undergone on the job training in
the appropriate use of implements (by another competent person
on the premises). Refer to 5.5 for further information.
There is at least one person recorded as competent in the approved
methods for humane destruction 30 .
Current contact details of ‘on-call’ personnel are available to
livestock suppliers, contractors and staff as necessary.
Personnel are trained and competent in recognising:
• effectiveness of the stun and
• maintenance of insensibility from stun to stick.
There should be at least two people that work in slaughter positions
who are trained in recognising successful stun on the floor at all times.
The establishment advises livestock suppliers of:
• the plant’s expectations for assessing the ‘fitness’ of livestock to
be loaded
• associated legal requirements 31 for the loading and transport of
livestock
• any livestock that do not conform to specifications
• any adverse animal welfare outcomes
Records are kept of any weak, ill or injured animals arriving at the
plant.
Inspection and ante-mortem procedures are in place to ensure that
any weak, ill, injured or diseased livestock are identified.
31 Refer to the Australian Standards and Guidelines for the Welfare of Animals – Land Transport, for further information.
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Yes
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