Animal Welfare Standards - Australian Meat Industry Council

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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. 46 Yes No N/A INDUSTRY ANIMAL WELFARE STANDARDS
AUDIT CHECKLIST P4.2, P4.3 (and 5.5) P4.4 and P4.5 32 As far as practicable. Are livestock identified to be weak, ill or injured assessed by a competent person and the appropriate action promptly taken? For animals requiring humane destruction or emergency slaughter, is the procedure promptly carried out using the approved methods? INDUSTRY ANIMAL WELFARE STANDARDS Moribund animals must be humanely destroyed on the spot and without delay 32 . Approved methods of humane destruction are observed. Immediate follow-up action must be taken to ensure death if any signs of return to sensibility are observed. 47
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