Compliance Checklists
Compliance Checklists
Children present - please drive slowly.
Clean Plant the day before the check - then open and then allow to dry before checking cleanliness on stainless steel. Use phone and light to get into dark spaces.
Milk cooler - inlet and outlet.
Milk pump - inlet and outlet.
Milk filters - check under lid, seal.
Milk receiver can.
Sanitary trap.
Pull milk lines open.
Have on hand, or in the Compliance Folder:
Check Oceania Dairy Book - completed checks?
General Procedures - review.
Run animal treatment reports on MINDA.
Spray records
Fertiliser records: Incholme
Fertiliser records: Kauroo Flat
Fertiliser records: Pleasant Creek
Fertiliser records: Alderstone
Check all drugs are on the RVM and that RVM is signed by the vet, and by the farm owner.
Machine test report.
Feed declarations for imported supplementary feed - any PK, imported baleage, grain, DDG etc and states "suitable for lactating dairy cows".
Farm Environment Plan: Incholme
Farm Environment Plan: Kauroo Flat
Farm Environment Plan: Alderstone
Farm Environment Plan: Pleasant Creek
Check shed is clean and tidy:
Concrete waterblasted or cleaned.
No algae.
No dust on roof
Minimal bird lime.
Sweep dry floors (plant room etc)
Remove items not essential to operation of dairy shed.
Remove any birds nests and plug any holes they may nest in.
Clean windows and mop office floor.
Clean toilet.
Hose tanker pad.
Remove unnecessary equipment from near the shed - especially spray equipment or bales of feed.
Check feed is not stored near the shed.
Check rubbish bins have lids.
Check wash tubs have lids.
Check soaps and any other substances are MPI approved.
Mow lawns, weed or spray gardens.
Check for cracked concrete - plan for repairs.
Check milk purge not above 45psi.
Check calf milk vat has a sticker.
Check vat locks.
Check thermometer is not glass.
Questions for staff:
Are pest control pages detailed?
How many milkings for colostrum cows before they enter supply? Heifers?
How do you MRS-T?
How do you clean a dirty teat?
How do you dispose of needles?
How do you dispose of contaminated milk? What is the ratio of milk to water?
Check distances of feed from shed.
When were liners and seals replaced?
Are agrichemicals locked? Is the water source away from the shed and does it have backflow preventer?
Other
Check drug expiry is filled out four times a year and check none of the drugs are expired - check cabinet, metabolics and all other cow treatments in the dairy shed.
Ensure antibiotics are locked away.
Check you have a sharps container.
Check no treatment is left at the crush or cups on.
Check broach dates are on all injectables and none are opened longer than their label allows - often 28 days from opening.
Check MINDA records for presence of:
Non-drug lameness treatments (hoof trimming).
Dry cow therapy treatments.
Non-RVM treatments are recorded - such as teat emollient, drench, and Metabolic treatments. Make a blanket recording for teat spray.
Correct witholding times - back to mob one day after end of withold.
Check farm dairy chemicals are labelled including those decanted into smaller bottles.
Check only substances necessary to the dairy shed are stored in the shed and that they are all labelled and not expired, including decanted substances, metabolics etc.
Effluent application records.
Effluent training record.
Silage pits.
Bores.
Culverts, crossing by fords.
Offal/compost.
Effluent storage and application consents in progress.
Effluent Management Plan to be reviewed to comply with Schedule 21 of the Otago Plan for Water.
Monitoring for certified farm environment plans.
Winter grazing consent application in progress.
Annual N Report in progress.