Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code - Standard 4.2.4 - Primary Production and Processing Standard for Dairy Products (Australia Only)
Division 3General dairy collection and transportation
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Division 3 – General dairy collection and transportation
7 Controlling food safety hazards
A dairy transport business must control its potential food safety hazards by implementing a documented food safety program.
8 Specific requirements
For clause 7, the control measures must manage hazards arising from –
(a) transport vehicles, equipment and containers used in the collection and transport of the milk or dairy product; and
(b) persons engaged in the dairy transport business;
and must include a support program that ensures that the food contact surfaces of transport vehicles, and equipment and containers used in collecting and transporting of the dairy products are clean and sanitary.
9 Product tracing
As part of the documented food safety program in clause 7, a dairy transport business must have a system to identify the immediate supplier and immediate recipient of the dairy product.
10 Time and temperature controls
A dairy transport business must transport dairy products using time and temperature controls that prevent or reduce the growth of microbiological hazards in the product.
11 Skills and knowledge
A dairy transport business must ensure that persons undertaking milk or dairy product collection and transport activities have skills and knowledge of food safety and hygiene matters commensurate with their work activities.