Below is a list of Disease and Defect Condition Change Requests

Disease and Defect Condition Change Requests

 
Request No. Date Submitted By Company Type Change Reason Status Details
10056 22-07-31 Elizabeth Wilcock Food and Veterinary Services Addition Petfood to be added as a disposition in the attribute value / data range section of the standard Through adoption work with the processing industry this gap in the Standard has been identified Submitted Open
10055 22-07-31 Elizabeth Wilcock Food and Veterinary Services Addition Removed/stripped be added as a disposition in the attribute value / data range section of the standard An example is the removal of a rib or the stripping of the pleura. Through work with the pork industry this gap in the Standard has been identified Submitted Open
10054 22-07-31 Elizabeth Wilcock Food and Veterinary Services Addition Skinned be added as a disposition in the attribute value / data range section of the standard Through work with the pork industry this gap in the Standard has been identified Submitted Open
10053 22-07-31 Elizabeth Wilcock Food and Veterinary Services Addition The addition of coding to allow a value to be added to the number of offal parts to allow for correct data collection in the of a single offal item being condemned. An example of this is when one of the two kidneys is condemned due to contamination. Through adoption work with the processing industry this gap in the Standard has been identified Submitted Open
10052 22-07-31 Elizabeth Wilcock Food and Veterinary Services Addition Melanosis to be added as an attribute for Lungs Through adoption work with the processing industry this gap in the Standard has been identified Submitted Open
10051 22-07-31 Elizabeth Wilcock Food and Veterinary Services Addition Abscess to be added as an attribute for Green Offal Through adoption work with the processing industry this gap in the Standard has been identified Submitted Open
10050 22-07-31 Elizabeth Wilcock Food and Veterinary Services Addition Eosinophilic myositis to be added as an attribute for cheek Through adoption work with the processing industry this gap in the Standard has been identified Submitted Open
10049 22-07-31 Elizabeth Wilcock Food and Veterinary Services Addition Abscess to be added as an attribute for Spleen and Head Through adoption work with the processing industry this gap in the Standard has been identified Submitted Open
10048 22-07-31 Elizabeth Wilcock Food and Veterinary Services Addition Scarring to be added as an attribute for Tongue Through adoption work with the processing industry this gap in the Standard has been identified Submitted Open
10047 22-07-31 Elizabeth Wilcock Food and Veterinary Services Addition Contamination to be added as an attribute for Carcase, Thick Skirt and the red offal parts (Liver, Lung, Kidney, Spleen, Heart) Through adoption work with the processing industry this gap in the Standard has been identified Submitted Open
10046 22-07-31 Elizabeth Wilcock Food and Veterinary Services Addition Other to be added as an attribute for Tongue and Cheek Through adoption work with the processing industry this gap in the Standard has been identified Submitted Open
10045 22-07-31 Elizabeth Wilcock Food and Veterinary Services Addition Leg to be added as a supply chain product Through work with the pork industry this gap in the Standard has been identified Submitted Open
10044 22-07-31 Elizabeth Wilcock Food and Veterinary Services Addition Side to be added as a supply chain product Through work with the pork industry this gap in the Standard has been identified Submitted Open
10043 22-07-31 Elizabeth Wilcock Food and Veterinary Services Addition Pluck to be added as a colloquial name for red offal Through work with the pork industry this gap in the Standard has been identified Submitted Open
10042 22-07-31 Elizabeth Wilcock Food and Veterinary Services Addition Aorta to be added as a supply chain product Through adoption work with the processing industry this gap in the Standard has been identified with the attributes abscess, contamination, dropped and Non-Halal. Submitted Open
10041 22-07-31 Elizabeth Wilcock Food and Veterinary Services Addition Tendons to be added as a supply chain product Through adoption work with the processing industry this gap in the Standard has been identified with the attributes abscess, contamination, dropped and Non-Halal. Submitted Open
10040 22-07-31 Elizabeth Wilcock Food and Veterinary Services Addition Tail to be added as a supply chain product Through adoption work with the processing industry this gap in the Standard has been identified with the attributed abscess, contamination and dropped. Submitted Open
10039 22-07-31 Elizabeth Wilcock Food and Veterinary Services Addition Lips to be added as a supply chain product Through adoption work with the processing industry this gap in the Standard has been identified with the attributes abscess, contamination, dropped, Non-Halal and other. Submitted Open
10038 22-07-31 Elizabeth Wilcock Food and Veterinary Services Edit Green Offal to be broken down to its offal parts Green offal to be broken down to its offal parts of Small intestine, omasum, pillar tripe, tripe, abomasum, honeycomb, large intestine, weasand/oesophagus. Through adoption work with the processing industry this gap in the Standard has been identified with the attributes of associated enteritis, abscess and contamination Submitted Open
10037 22-07-31 Elizabeth Wilcock Food and Veterinary Services Addition Pericardium to be added as a supply chain product Through adoption work with the processing industry this gap in the Standard has been identified with the attributes pericarditis and contamination Submitted Open
10036 22-07-31 Elizabeth Wilcock Food and Veterinary Services Addition Thin Skirt to be added as a supply chain product Through adoption work with the processing industry this gap in the Standard has been identified with the attributes pleurisy and contamination Submitted Open
10035 22-07-31 Elizabeth Wilcock Food and Veterinary Services Addition Trachea / Windpipe to be added as a supply chain product Through adoption work with the processing industry this gap in the Standard has been identified with the attributes blood inhalation and contamination Submitted Open
10034 22-07-31 Elizabeth Wilcock Food and Veterinary Services Addition Prolapse to be added as an attribute to the Standard Through work with the pork industry this gap in the Standard has been identified Approved Open
10033 22-07-31 Elizabeth Wilcock Food and Veterinary Services Addition Orchitis to be added as an attribute to the Standard Through work with the pork industry this gap in the Standard has been identified Approved Open
10032 22-07-31 Elizabeth Wilcock Food and Veterinary Services Addition Hernia to be added as an attribute to the Standard Through work with the pork industry this gap in the Standard has been identified Approved Open
10031 22-07-31 Elizabeth Wilcock Food and Veterinary Services Addition Tail bite to be added as an attribute to the Standard Through work with the pork industry this gap in the Standard has been identified Hold Open
10030 22-07-31 Elizabeth Wilcock Food and Veterinary Services Addition Emergency kill to be added as an attribute to the Standard Through adoption work with the processing industry this gap in the Standard has been identified Approved Open
10029 22-07-31 Elizabeth Wilcock Food and Veterinary Services Addition Softside to be added as an attribute to the Standard with the colloquial name backbone removed When the splitting of the carcase is not even this processing defect occurs. Through adoption work with the processing industry this gap in the Standard has been identified Denied Open
10028 22-07-31 Elizabeth Wilcock Food and Veterinary Services Addition Offal not presented to be added as a defect attribute Offal must be presented for post-mortem inspection to occur. This is a processing defect to be added to the standard identified through work with the pork industry as a gap in the Standard Approved Open
10027 22-07-31 Elizabeth Wilcock Food and Veterinary Services Addition Milk spots to be added as a colloquial name for hepatitis Through work with the pork industry this gap in the Standard has been identified Approved Open
10026 22-07-31 Elizabeth Wilcock Food and Veterinary Services Addition Exotic / Notifiable to be added as an attribute to the Standard Through work with the pork industry this gap in the Standard has been identified and in light of the current disease incursion concerns this provides evidence that exotic and notifiable diseases are considered during meat inspection and animal health disease and defect data collection Denied Open
10025 22-07-31 Elizabeth Wilcock Food and Veterinary Services Addition Attribute severity be added to the attribute 'Enteritis' to allow for the recording of Peritonitis, Colitis and Ileitis Through work with the pork industry this gap in the Standard has been identified Approved Open
10024 22-07-31 Elizabeth Wilcock Food and Veterinary Services Addition Non-Halal to be added as an attribute to the Standard When producing Halal product is the animal is not correctly stunned and slaughtered then the product if labelled as Non-Halal. Through adoption work with the processing industry this gap in the Standard has been identified Denied Open
10023 22-07-31 Elizabeth Wilcock Food and Veterinary Services Addition Attribute severity be added to the attribute 'Other' to allow for a split of Pathology/Disease and Defect It would be beneficial to have a attribute severity apply to 'Other' to allow it to be broken down to 'Pathology Other' and 'Defect Other'. Through adoption work with the processing industry this gap in the Standard has been identified. Approved Open
10022 22-07-31 Elizabeth Wilcock Food and Veterinary Services Addition Attribute severity be added to the attribute 'Pregnancy' to allow for pregnancy grading by trimester Through adoption work with the processing industry this gap in the Standard has been identified Approved Open
10021 22-07-31 Elizabeth Wilcock Food and Veterinary Services Edit Contamination as an attribute should be amended to be a general attribute with an attribute severity Currently contamination is an attribute itself however only used for Tongue, Tongue Root, Cheek and Head. Contamination is otherwise broken down into bile, faecal, hair, ingesta, milk and urine contamination. Some companies are recording contamination generally and other some or all of the different types of contamination. It is recommended that for a better structure to the standard and to facilitate more accurate data analysis that 'contamination' be the attribute and attribute severity be given to the types of contamination listed in the standard currently with the addition of hide and overfull gut (the later being used by the pork industry). Approved Open
10020 22-07-31 Elizabeth Wilcock Food and Veterinary Services Addition Dropped to be added as an attribute to the Standard Carcases and product can be dropped during processing. This can result in trimming or condemnation due to the food safety risk of the product potentially being contaminated from touching the floor. Approved Open
10019 22-07-31 Elizabeth Wilcock Food and Veterinary Services Addition Cadnium (liver and kidneys) to be added as an attribute to the Standard Cadnium is a heavy metal that accumulates in the liver and kidneys of cattle and sheep. Some export markets have lower acceptable levels of cadnuim in offal products and therefor due to age parameters liver and kidneys can be condemned due to this market access requirement. Approved Open
10018 22-07-31 Elizabeth Wilcock Food and Veterinary Services Addition No Enucleation (kidneys) to be added as a defect attribute to the Standard When kidneys are not correctly prepared for post-mortem inspection they are required to be condemned. This is a processing defect to be added to the standard Approved Open
10017 22-01-19 Elizabeth Wilcock Food and Veterinary Services Pty Ltd Deletion Deletion of 'Trim' from the attributes list Trim is a disposition, not a disease or defect. Trim is also already included in the disposition list. Submitted Open
10016 22-01-11 Elizabeth Wilcock Food and Veterinary Services Pty Ltd Addition Viable Liver Fluke need to be added to the standard. Liver fluke is currently in the standard and is used by inspectors when liver fluke scaring is evident at inspection. However this includes previously infections of liver fluke where the animal has been successfully treated and the infection is no longer active. To provide producers with more information about whether the infection is active Viable Liver Fluke should be added to the standard. It should be noted that there is not an expectation that meat inspectors hunt for fluke but when they do see fluke during inspection it would be expected that they select this option. Submitted Open
10015 21-05-27 Clive Richardson MINTRAC Addition Ovine Johne's disease - Need code If intestines and mesentery are condemned as a suspect OJD infection. Confirmation of OJD only. Bacterial infection that causes enteritis and lymphadenitis, leading to weight Approved Open
10014 21-05-27 Clive Richardson MINTRAC Addition Oving - Lung worm - Need Code Dictyocaulus filarial adults live mainly in the airways (bronchi) in the lung. Mulleuris capillaris develop in the tissue of the lungs. Lungs are condemned. Approved Open
10013 21-05-27 Clive Richardson MINTRAC Addition Ovine - Fever/ septicaemia - Need Code for Post Mortem. Carcases condemned. Multiple cases may indicate an emergency animal disease (EAD). Approved Open
10012 21-05-27 Clive Richardson MINTRAC Addition Ovine - Bladder worm - Need Code Cysticercus tenuicollis are seen as cysts in the viscera and the carcase. These cysts are trimmed, and the material condemned. Approved Open
10011 21-05-27 Clive Richardson MINTRAC Addition Ovine - Rib fractures - Need code. Mostly found in SA and usually seen as healed fractures in lambs. Production losses on farm. Approved Open
10010 21-05-27 Clive Richardson MINTRAC Addition Sarcocystis - Need code. Sarcocystis forms cysts in the muscles of sheep and goats. It is usually seen as 'white grains' on the weasand and in the thoracic cavity. The weasand is condemned, and affected carcase parts are condemned. Approved Open
10009 21-05-27 Clive Richardson MINTRAC Addition Knotty gut - Need code. Knotty gut (pimply gut) caused by the nodule worm and the runners condemned. Submitted Open
10008 21-05-27 Clive Richardson MINTRAC Addition Vaccine lesions -Need codes for carcase pcices as well as whole carcase The result of an infection at a vaccination site or a reaction to the vaccine and can be found anywhere in a carcase. The lesion and the surrounding flesh is trimmed Submitted Open
10007 21-05-27 Clive Richardson MINTRAC Addition Dog Bite - Need codes for dogs bits on carcase pices as well as whole carcase Welfare issue. Dog bites to the carcase are trimmed on the retain rail if there is an associated infection in the limb and/or carcase is condemned. Hold Open
10006 21-05-27 Clive Richardson MINTRAC Addition Bruising - When extra trimming is required. Need code for whole carcase Trimming can be whole carcase not just piece. Submitted Open
10005 21-05-27 Clive Richardson MINTRAC Addition Sheep measles (Ovis) - Need code for carcase and other body parts. Cysticercus ovis causes cysts in the carcase and viscera. If there are more than 5 cysts in the carcase it is said to have a general infestation and is condemned. Less than 5 cysts in the musculature and the cysts are trimmed. Approved Open
10004 21-05-27 Clive Richardson MINTRAC Addition Caseous lymphadenitis (CLA) or cheesy gland code needed for whole carcase Caseous lymphadenitis (CLA) causes abscesses and with a systemic infection the carcase and offal are condemned. With less extensive forms the viscera is condemned and the infected parts of the carcase are trimmed. Approved Open
10003 21-05-26 Clayton Williams JBS Australia Addition Need to add codes for a scale for Grass Seeds. Such as Grass Seeds, Grass Seeds 2 and Grass Seeds 3 for Light, Medium and Heavy. Also need to create code for whole carcase not just carcase piece. For small stock the inspector assigns the condition to the carcase, not to a carcase piece. Approved Open
10002 21-05-26 Clayton Williams JBS Australia Addition Create industry code for Whole Carcase Arthritis. For small stock the inspector assigns the condition to the carcase, not to a carcase piece. Approved Open
10001 21-05-26 Clayton Williams JBS Australia Addition Create industry code for Whole Carcase Fracture For small stock the inspector assigns the condition to the carcase, not to a carcase piece. Approved Open