ASTM F2341-05(2010)

Standard Practice for User Requirements for Livestock, Meat, and Poultry Evaluation Devices or Systems

SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
There are several live animal or carcass evaluation devices or systems used or under development for use in determination of economic value of live animals, carcasses, or individual cuts of meat. The correct use of these devices or systems may affect the reliability of the data.
This practice provides user requirements for installation, operator training, operation, verification, inspection, maintenance, and retention of original data.
SCOPE
1.1 This practice covers the requirements for users of livestock, meat, and poultry evaluation devices or systems used to measure and record composition or quality constituents of live animals, carcasses, and individual cuts of meat, when those devices or systems provide data that is used to determine economic value. Areas covered include: installation, operator training, operation, verification, inspection and maintenance of these evaluation devices or systems, and documentation of procedures for retention of original data.
1.2 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 31-Aug-2010
• ICS: 65.020.30 - Animal husbandry and breeding
• ICS: 67.120.01 - Animal produce in general
• Technical Committee: F10 - Livestock, Meat, and Poultry Evaluation Systems
• Drafting Committee: F10.30 - User Requirements

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM F2341-05 - Standard Practice for User Requirements for Livestock, Meat, and Poultry Evaluation Devices or Systems
• Effective Date: 01-Sep-2010
• Referred By: ASTM F2463-15(2021) - Standard Terminology for Livestock, Meat, and Poultry Evaluation Systems
• Effective Date: 01-Sep-2010

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: F2341 − 05(Reapproved 2010)
Standard Practice for
User Requirements for Livestock, Meat, and Poultry
Evaluation Devices or Systems
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F2341; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope technical manuals, setup and installation instructions, labeling,
and procedures for retaining original data.
1.1 This practice covers the requirements for users of
3.2.4 original data, n—initial data recorded by the device or
livestock, meat, and poultry evaluation devices or systems used
system.
to measure and record composition or quality constituents of
live animals, carcasses, and individual cuts of meat, when
3.2.5 production day, n—period not exceeding 24 consecu-
those devices or systems provide data that is used to determine
tive hours beginning with the initial production shift.
economic value. Areas covered include: installation, operator
3.2.6 user, n—person or entity that employs an evaluation
training, operation, verification, inspection and maintenance of
system or device to determine value of live animals, carcasses,
these evaluation devices or systems, and documentation of
or individual cuts of meat or poultry.
procedures for retention of original data.
1.2 This standard does not purport to address all of the 4. Significance and Use
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
4.1 There are several live animal or carcass evaluation
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
devices or systems used or under development for use in
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
determination of economic value of live animals, carcasses, or
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
individual cuts of meat. The correct use of these devices or
systems may affect the reliability of the data.
2. Referenced Documents
4.2 This practice provides user requirements for installation,
2.1 ASTM Standards:
operator training, operation, verification, inspection,
F2463 Terminology for Livestock, Meat, and Poultry Evalu-
maintenance, and retention of original data.
ation Systems
5. Procedure
3. Terminology
5.1 Installation—Accurate and consistent results can only
3.1 For definitions relating to livestock, meat, and poultry
be obtained from a device or equipment that is properly
evaluation systems, see Terminology F2463.
installed and operated. The user shall maintain documentation
3.2 Definitions:
that, at the time of installation, the measuring device was
3.2.1 device operator, n—any individual whose job respon-
properly installed according to design specifications and manu-
sibilities include the operation of an evaluation device or
facturer’s requirements.
system.
5.2 Operator Training:
3.2.2 document, n—permanent physical record, paper or
5.2.1 The user shall establish a documented training pro-
electronic.
gram which shall include an operator manual to ensure device
3.2.3 documentation, n—use of documents in authenticating
operators are familiar with the design and operating character-
or substantiating an act that may include user’s guides,
istics of the devices or systems that the user installs, maintains,
and operates.The user shall properly train device operators and
This practice is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F10 on Livestock,
maintain documentation that device operators are properly
Meat, and Poultry Evaluation Systems and is the direct responsibility of Subcom-
trained. Assistance in operator training may be obtained from
mittee F10.30 on User Requirements.
several sources including, but not limited to, device
Current edition approved Sept. 1, 2010. Published December 2010. Originally
manufacturer, manufacturer device manuals, or trained service
approved in 2003. Last previous edition approved in 2005 as F2341 – 05. DOI:
10.1520/F2341-05R10.
personnel.
For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
5.2.2 For those devices or systems requiring an operator, the
contact ASTM Customer Service at [e-mail]. For Annual Book of ASTM
user shall develop and maintain i
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