TRACEABILITY OF BEEF - GS1

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSWe acknowledge the invaluable assistance given to EAN International in producingthese Guidelines by all organisations and individuals that participated in the workof the Meat Supply Chain Task Force, the United Nations Economic Commissionfor Europe Specialised Section on Meat Standardisation, the Meat AutomationConcerted Action Project, the Expert Advisory Board, and all members of theEMEG.EAN International would like to thank in particular the following organisationsfor their support:AECOC (EAN Spain)AUS-MEATCCG Centrale für Coorganisation GmbH (EAN Germany)Central Bureau of Provision Trade (NL: CBL)EAN ArgentinaEAN AustraliaEAN AustriaEAN BrazilEAN DenmarkEAN IrelandEAN NetherlandsEAN New ZealandEAN NorwayEAN Swedene.centre (EAN UK)European Commission DG AgriEuropean Livestock and Meat Trading UnionEuroCommerceEuroHandelsinstituteFrench Ministry of Economy (FR: DGCCRF)Gencod (EAN France)ICODIF (EAN Belgium and Luxembourg)INDICOD (EAN Italy)International Meat SecretariatLiaison Centre for the Meat Processing in the EUMeat Automation Concerted ActionMeat and Livestock AustraliaMeat and Livestock Commission (UK)Product Boards for Livestock, Meat and Eggs (NL: PVE)United Nations Economic Commission for EuropeUnited States Department of AgricultureOur special appreciation goes to all the companies, organisations, expert resourcesand technology suppliers that participated in the successful implementation ofthe EAN•UCC System in beef traceability pilot projects in Germany and Australia.Traceability of Beef 3>
INTRODUCTIONFood safety has become a critical priority for the meat supply chain. However,rather than just identifying a more generalised commodity group, an effective andcost-efficient traceability system should accurately pinpoint any problem in foodsafety related to a specific geographical origin, slaughtering or processing facility,down to a farm or even to the single animal.The European Commission has recognised an urgent need to regain consumerconfidence in beef products and therefore believes in fast tracing of beef productsthroughout the supply chain. Consequently on the basis of a proposal from theEuropean Commission, the European Parliament and Council have adapted aregulation on compulsory labelling of beef (EC) 1760/2000 (here called the BeefLabelling Regulation) 3 . This Regulation became effective in all EU Member Statesfrom January 2001.The Beef Labelling Regulation aims to ensure a link between, on one hand, theidentification of the carcass, quarter or pieces of beef and on the other hand, theindividual animal or the group of animals from which they are derived. In particular,the beef label must contain the following 6 mandatory elements in human readableformat:- A reference number or reference code ensuring the link between the meatand the animal or a group of animals;- Country of birth; 4- Country/countries of fattening; 4- Country of slaughter;- Country/countries of cutting;- Approval number of the slaughterhouse and cutting hall(s).Adopting the EAN•UCC System, a unique identification numbering systemtogether with the use of UCC/EAN-128 bar codes can help users to comply withthe Beef Labelling Regulation. These Guidelines show how to implement thisRegulation in an efficient manner using the EAN•UCC System. However, in thisedition, the Guidelines do not contain Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) 5solutions for Tracking and Tracing. EDI messages will be included in future releasesof these Guidelines.Chapter 1 gives a short description of the organisation behind the EAN•UCCSystem followed by an impact analysis of the Beef Labelling Regulation on thebeef supply chain in chapter 2. The third chapter provides an explanation of thebar codes used. The main part of this document, chapter 4 onwards examines stepby step the implications of implementation of these Guidelines for the meat supplychain.These Guidelines contain links to other documents relating to the generalimplementation of the Beef Labelling Regulation and the EAN•UCC System.Trading partners in the beef supply chain are advised to contact the relevantnational authority of the Member State in which they wish to trade to establishany differences in national implementation or interpretation of the legislation.EMEG will aim also to highlight such differences by publishing a document fromtime to time to accompany these Guidelines, on the web site of EAN Internationalat http://www.ean-int.org3 A copy of Regulation (EC) 1760/2000 can be found by visiting the European Union’s official web site at http://www.europe.eu.int4 Compulsory as of 1 January 2002; see Regulation (EC) 1760/2000 Article 13 (5a)5 EANCOM®is the EAN•UCC standard for EDI messages4 >Traceability of Beef
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