Unit of competency
Modification History
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Release 1 |
This version released with FBP Food, Beverage and Pharmaceutical Training Package Version 6.0. |
Application
This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to design a traceability system to track any food through all stages of production, processing and distribution. This system allows for the efficient withdrawal or recall of products that have been identified as unsafe and is a requirement under Food Standards Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ).
This unit applies to individuals who are responsible for food product development and who undertake roles in product design, quality assurance or production management.
All work must be carried out to comply with workplace procedures, in accordance with state/territory health and safety and food safety regulations, legislation and standards that apply to the workplace.
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Pre-requisite Unit
Nil
Unit Sector
Food Safety (FSY)
Elements and Performance Criteria
Elements |
Performance Criteria |
Elements describe the essential outcomes. |
Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. |
1. Research traceability requirements and systems |
1.1 Identify food and/or beverage product to be tracked 1.2 Identify regulatory and industry requirements for tracking processed food or beverages 1.3 Investigate traceability systems available on the free market, and assess their suitability for food product 1.4 Investigate the development of a customised system to track product |
2. Develop and test system |
2.1 Devise system to track details of food item, including supply of product ingredients and/or raw materials, processing details, packaging and distribution 2.2 Test system by conducting a traceability exercise to ensure product and ingredients can be identified through recall 2.3 Adjust system details to ensure efficient recall of product 2.4 Ensure system meets the requirements of the Food Standards Code for specified product |
Foundation Skills
This section describes those language, literacy, numeracy and employment skills that are essential for performance in this unit of competency but are not explicit in the performance criteria.
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Unit Mapping Information
Code and title current version |
Code and title previous version |
Comments |
Equivalence status |
FBPFSY5003 Design a traceability system for food products |
Not applicable |
The unit has been created to address a skill or task required by industry that is not covered by an existing unit |
Newly created |
Links
Companion Volumes, including Implementation Guides, are available at VETNet: - https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=78b15323-cd38-483e-aad7-1159b570a5c4