TS 8359

TS 8359 is a service standard that addresses the general arrangement of poultry and hunting animals shops. It provides a general framework for how such retail premises are organized, including hygiene-oriented order, product display, and shop operation, while excluding offal shops, fish shops, and butcher shops.

What the scope includes and leaves out

Poultry and game are food categories with different handling and storage needs in retail settings. For that reason, the way products are separated, displayed, and managed matters for orderly shop operation and for reducing the risk of cross-contact in a practical retail environment. The standard’s focus is the general operating basis of these shops, rather than the detailed requirements of other food retail formats.

General technical context for food retail premises

In general technical terms, standards of this type help define the basic principles of a food retail space: physical layout, cleanliness that can be maintained in practice, separation of products, and orderly staff and customer flow. In poultry and game retailing, the objective is to support a controlled and organized environment suited to preserving product quality. This document was adopted in 1990 and withdrawn in 2004, so it should be understood as a historical service standard.

• It applies to poultry and hunting animals shops.
• It does not cover offal shops, fish shops, or butcher shops.
• It belongs to the service standards group.
• It was adopted in 1990 and withdrawn in 2004.