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Agency
Directorate of Veterinary Services
Name
FAN MEAT SCHEME STANDARDS FOR EXPORT ABATTOIRS by DVS and LLPB
Description

The Farm Assured Namibian Meat (FAN Meat) Scheme was developed for the safeguarding of Namibian meat markets.

The need for livestock traceability and farm assurance in Namibia arose from an outbreak of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) or Mad Cow Disease in humans in the United Kingdom from 1986 to 2001. The Namibian Livestock and Meat Industry and DVS acted pre-emptively through the development of an extensive livestock identification and traceability system (NamLITS) which is utilized by the FAN Meat scheme to provide assurance regarding the safety, wholesomeness and quality of Namibian meat.

The FAN Meat Scheme Logo was published on 29 September 1999, Government Notice number 195, Gazette number 2193. The cabinet during the same sitting pronounced the FAN Meat Scheme as a National Scheme. The Meat Board is the mandated administrator of the FAN Meat Scheme.

The FAN Meat Scheme was developed to include all Namibians and the rules and standards of the scheme are based on National Legislation combined with Good Agricultural Practice and Animal Welfare principles.

The FAN Meat value chain includes Producers at farm level, and non-producers, which are: Livestock Feed Manufacturers, Agents and auctioneers, Transporters and Export Abattoirs (and Feedlots in the near future).

The Farm Assured Namibian Meat Scheme Logo symbolizes assurance for safety, wholesomeness, quality and traceability of Namibian export meat. Meat produced under this scheme, is: • Naturally produced in extensive free range conditions OR grain fed; • Hormone free; • Antibiotic residue free; • Carries Negligible risk for Mad Cow Disease; • Originates from animals which were humanely treated; and • Traceable from abattoir to the farm of origin.

Status
Active
Type
National Standard
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Comments

FAN Meat Scheme Standards for EXPORT abattoirs covers the following issues

  1. DESIGN AND MAINTENANCE OF FACILITY AND EQUIPMENTSANITATIONPERSONNEL HYGIENE AND TRAINING
  2. PEST CONTROL PROGRAMME
  3. WATER QUALITY PROGRAMME
  4. WASTE AND EFFLUENT CONTROL
  5. ANIMAL WELFARE, HUMANE TREATMENT OF ANIMALS AND SLAUGHTER PROCESS
  6. MEAT INSPECTION
  7. TRACEABILITY REQUIREMENTS
  8. CARCASS CLASSIFICATION
  9. ANTE-MORTEM INSPECTION
  10. HAZARD ANALYSIS CRITICAL CONTROL POINTS (HACCP) SYSTEM
  11. MARKETING AND THE USE OF THE FAN MEAT LOGO
  12. CONTACT DETAILS
Validity From
01/03/2020
Validity To
Reference
FAN MEAT SCHEME STANDARDS FOR EXPORT ABATTOIRS
Technical Code
Date Created
Date Updated
Commodity
0101 Live horses, asses, mules and hinnies
0202 Meat of bovine animals, frozen
0102 Live bovine animals: Cattle
0103 Live Swine: Pigs
0104 Live sheep and goats: Sheep
0201 Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled:
0203 Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen:
0210 Meat and edible meat offal, salted, in brine, dried or smoked; edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal:
0105 Live poultry, that is to say, fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls:
0106 Other live animals: Ostriches; emus (Dromaius novaehollandiae):
Name Type Status Reference
CEMENT REGULATIONS: STANDARDS ACT, 2005 National Standard
 Active
CEMENT REGULATIONS: STANDARDS ACT, 2005 National Standard
 Active
ALCOHOL-BASED HAND SANITISERS REGULATIONS: STANDARDS ACT, 2005 National Standard
 Active
Act No. 18, 2005 STANDARDS ACT, 2005 National Standard
 Active
FARM ASSURED NAMIBIA (FAN) Meat Schemme Standards for export Abattiors- Jointly prepared by Meat Board of Namibia (MBN) and the Directorate of Veterinary Services (DVS) National Standard
 Active
Rules for the Farm Assured Namibiam meat Scheme by BVS and LLPB National Standard
 Active
FAN MEAT STANDARDS FOR LIVESTOCK AGENTS AND AUCTIONEERS. -LLP and the Directorate of Veterinary Services (DVS) National Standard
 Active
 AN MEAT STANDARDS FOR LIVESTOCK AGENTS AND AUCTIONEERS
FAN MEAT SCHEME STANDARDS FOR EXPORT ABATTOIRS by DVS and LLPB National Standard
 Active
 FAN MEAT SCHEME STANDARDS FOR EXPORT ABATTOIRS
FAN MEAT STANDARDS FOR LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS.. by Livestock and Live Products Board and the Directorate of Veterinary Services (DVS) National Standard
 Active
 FAN MEAT STANDARDS FOR LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS.
FAN MEAT STANDARDS FOR TRANSPORT OPERATORS AND DRIVERS OF LIVESTOCK- by DVS and LLPD National Standard
 Active
 FAN MEAT STANDARDS FOR TRANSPORT OPERATORS AND DRIVERS OF LIVESTOCK