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Manual for official controls

Legal requirements and standards for approved meat establishments.

Once your premises have been approved, you will find the Manual for Official Controls (MOC) beneficial for further information.

The MOC describes the tasks, responsibilities and duties of our staff carrying out official controls in approved establishments.

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Manual for Official Controls (MOC) Volume 1 - Chapter 1 - Introduction (187.12 KB)

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Manual for Official Controls (MOC) Volume 1 - Chapter 2.1 - Food Chain Information and CCIR (255.9 KB)

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Manual for Official Controls (MOC) Volume 1 - Chapter 2.2 - Ante-mortem inspection (201.73 KB)

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Manual for Official Controls (MOC) Volume 1 - Chapter 2.3 - Animal welfare (370.99 KB)

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Manual for Official Controls (MOC) Volume 1 - Chapter 2.4 - Post-mortem inspection (666.25 KB)

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Manual for Official Controls (MOC) Volume 1 - Chapter 2.5 - Animal Identification (2.87 MB)

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Manual for Official Controls (MOC) Volume 1 - Chapter 2.6 - TSE testing (631.31 KB)

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Manual for Official Controls (MOC) Volume 1 - Chapter 2.7 - Specified Risk Material Controls (211.11 KB)

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Manual for Official Controls (MOC) Volume 1 - Chapter 2.8 - Animal By-Products (201.22 KB)

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Manual for Official Controls (MOC) Volume 1 - Chapter 2.9 - Dairy hygiene inspection (528.73 KB)

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Manual for Official Controls (MOC) Volume 1 - Chapter 2.10 - Inspection and attendance (263.85 KB)

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Manual for Official Controls (MOC) Volume 1 - Chapter 2.11 - Warm meat (131.2 KB)

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Manual for Official Controls (MOC) Volume 1 - Chapter 3 - Imported and exported meat and animals (213.78 KB)

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Manual for Official Controls (MOC) Volume 1 - Chapter 4.1 - Audit (253.04 KB)

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Manual for Official Controls (MOC) Volume 1 - Chapter 4.2 - HACCP based procedures (244.95 KB)

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Manual for Official Controls (MOC) Volume 1 - Chapter 4.3 - Verifying operator's own checks (258.83 KB)

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Manual for Official Controls (MOC) Volume 1 - Chapter 5.1 - Residues VMD surveillance scheme (261.4 KB)

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Manual for Official Controls (MOC) Volume 1 - Chapter 5.2 - Residues AMR monitoring (114.05 KB)

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Manual for Official Controls (MOC) Volume 1 - Chapter 6 - Notifiable disease (736.67 KB)

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Manual for Official Controls (MOC) Volume 1 - Chapter 7 - Enforcement (682.73 KB)

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Manual for Official Controls (MOC) Volume 1 - Chapter 8 - Time coding (124.82 KB)

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Manual for Official Controls (MOC) Volume 1 - Chapter 9 - Forms (178.38 KB)

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Manual for Official Controls (MOC) Volume 1 - Chapter 10 - Operational training (234.14 KB)

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Manual for Official Controls (MOC) Volume 1 - Chapter 11 - Wine standards procedures (343.81 KB)

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Manual for Official Controls (MOC) Volume 1 - Chapter 12 - Incident Management (468.57 KB)

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Manual for Official Controls (MOC) Volume 2 - Legislation contents (137.44 KB)