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Meat Hygiene Assessment (MHA) - v2

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Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, February 2015

This document on Meat Hygiene Assessment describes​ the application of two monitoring systems - the first relates to process controls in the production of the meat and the second to the physical condition of meat. Both systems utilise standardised methods to assure consistency in the outputs from monitoring and to provide an objective approach to assessing meat hygiene.​

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