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id: KB-AL-001
url: https://app.codecontract.io/help/food-and-beverage/meat-industry
idioma: en
categoria: sector-alimentacion
subcategoria: carnica
audiencia: usuario
nivel: intermedio
actualizado: 2026-08-13
tambienEn: [es]
relacionados: [KB-CS-007, KB-AL-002]
citadoPor: [KB-AL-002, KB-AL-003, KB-AL-004, KB-AL-010, KB-AL-024]
---

# Meat industry

_Traceability back to the farm of origin, and documented animal welfare._

**Responde a:** meat traceability to origin · abattoir and cutting plant documentation · animal welfare records · livestock supplier approval

In meat, traceability does not stop at your supplier: it reaches the farm of origin. And the question that decides a recall is always in the past tense — which farm did this batch come from, and what did that farm hold on that day.

## The three modules

| What | Module | When |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Farm and supplier approval | Trackline | At onboarding, with expiries |
| Supply agreements and specifications | Consigne | Signed, not agreed by email |
| Process and self-control records | SmartCheck | Periodic certification |

> [!IMPORTANT]
> What a recall asks for is the status on the batch date, not today's. A supplier approved now who was not when they supplied you is exactly what surfaces, and it only shows if the history keeps the versions with their dates.

## Frameworks cited

Hygiene of products of animal origin and establishment approval, animal identification and registration, animal welfare on farm and in transport, and consumer information on origin. The exact scope depends on your activity and competent authority; confirm with your adviser.

> [!WARNING]
> Animal welfare and transport documents usually sit with third parties — the haulier, the farm — and are the slowest to arrive. Requesting them at approval rather than when a customer asks is the difference.

> [!NOTE]
> If retail chains audit you, their questionnaire changes little between editions: built as a process, the second audit costs an afternoon.

**Can it be queried by batch?**

If the batch is linked to the supplier's case, yes.

**What about livestock hauliers?**

Their own case, with authorisation and expiries.

**Does it help with an unannounced inspection?**

That is where it shows: you show it rather than search for it.

## Ejemplos

**A cutting plant receives an alert and must scope which batches came from one farm.**

- Checks that farm's history with its dates

→ Narrows it to two weeks of intake instead of a quarter.

**A client asks for the traceability of one specific box.**

- Checks the cutting batch's file

→ You reach the intake without reconstructing anything.

**Welfare documentation arrives on paper with the consignment.**

- Captures it when the animal is received

→ The paper stops being the only copy.

**Carcasses from several origins are mixed in the same shift.**

- Records what went into each output batch

→ You can say what came from where.

**A holding's certificate expires.**

- Records validity on receipt

→ The warning arrives before the next intake.

**Customers of a specific batch must be warned.**

- Checks which boxes came out of that batch

→ Those affected are warned rather than everyone.