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12.1 Traceability schemes 126
XM and XT Operator Instructions
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12.1Traceability schemes
The trace scheme defines the information to be collected about a
carcass or batch. It also controls the information an operator will be
asked to enter or the default values that will be used instead.
If a scheme has been set up for a product, the product must be
associated with that scheme.
12.1.1 Scheme attributes
The information defined in the scheme is stored as a set of attributes.
Typical attributes of a scheme are:
O Lot number or carcass number
O Slaughter house reference and country
O Cutting/de-boning centre reference and country
O Country of birth
O Country of rearing
The scheme may have additional attributes controlling how the data is
processed.
12.1.2 Lots
A lot represents the carcass or part of the carcass (sometimes called a
batch).
The lot contains all the attributes from the scheme with their values.
Example: Lot xxxxxx
Slaughtered in: (France)
Cut in:(France)
Born in:United Kingdom
Reared in:France
Lot details are often encoded in barcodes to make data reading
error
free and much quicker.