Ear tagging takes place just after birth and will be worn until slaughter
Traceability – how does it work?
Traceability gives you and your customer the ultimate guarantee of complete safety from farm to plate. You should consider recording some or all of the following as part of your own auditing process:
The Quality Meat Scotland assurance scheme guarantees complete traceability throughout the supply chain
- Intake date (of carcase, cut)
- Supplier details
- Delivery note data
- Kill date
- Weight
- UK ear tag, cattle passport number or reference code
- Product, i.e. the ‘cut’
- Tray number or colour
- Country of origin
- Slaughter code number
- Batch code number
- Pack date
Products designated Scotch Beef and Scotch Lamb must be traceable to product that complies with the respective legislation for Scotch Beef and Scotch Lamb. These specifications include:
- Firm fat that is white and creamy
- Muscle and fat that is free of bruising and blood splash
- Firm muscle and of a good colour