Lucerne (alfalfa) meal and pellets · Process: On-site process-wastewater treatment (onsite_wastewater_treatment)

Process: On-site process-wastewater treatment (onsite_wastewater_treatment)

Inputs

Product flows

Wastewater-treatment grid electricity (wwt_electricity)

Record electricity used by screening, pumping, aeration, mixing, settling, filtration, or sludge handling for alfalfa-process wastewater.

• Selected flow: Electricity, grid
• Flow property / unit: Energy / kWh
• Amount rule: Treatment-system submeter record or documented equipment-time allocation to alfalfa-process wastewater
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: Per 1 m3 alfalfa-process wastewater treated
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_wastewater_treatment_records
• Sources: eu-jrc-fdm-bref-2019; eu-fdm-bat-2019; eu-pef-2021-2279

Every coagulant, neutralizing agent, nutrient, antifoam, or other treatment chemical actually consumed requires its own product-input card naming one exact substance; no generic treatment-chemical card is permitted.

Waste flows

Equipment-wash wastewater supplied to treatment (wwt_wash_wastewater)

Record only the alfalfa equipment-wash wastewater entering the on-site treatment train and reconcile it to the cleaning-process output and buffer-storage change.

• Selected flow: Lucerne (alfalfa) equipment-wash wastewater
• Flow property / unit: Volume / m3
• Amount rule: Influent flow-meter or calibrated-tank volume for the declared treatment period
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: Per 1 m3 alfalfa-process wastewater treated
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_wastewater_treatment_records
• Sources: eu-jrc-fdm-bref-2019; eu-fdm-bat-2019

Elementary flows

No elementary input is prescribed for this process.

Outputs

Product flows

No saleable product is prescribed for this treatment process.

Waste flows

Treated alfalfa-process effluent (wwt_treated_effluent)

Record the treated wastewater volume leaving the on-site treatment boundary before direct discharge, sewer transfer, or another declared destination.

• Selected flow: Treated lucerne (alfalfa) process effluent
• Flow property / unit: Volume / m3
• Amount rule: Effluent flow-meter volume reconciled with influent, recycled water, evaporation, sludge water, and storage change
• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: Per 1 m3 alfalfa-process wastewater treated
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
• Collection protocol: cp_wastewater_treatment_records
• Sources: eu-jrc-fdm-bref-2019; eu-fdm-bat-2019

Wastewater-treatment screenings (wwt_screenings)

Record gross alfalfa solids removed by screens or sieves before biological or physicochemical treatment.

• Selected flow: Lucerne (alfalfa) wastewater-treatment screenings
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Measured wet mass with moisture or dry-solids test and destination recorded
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: Per 1 m3 alfalfa-process wastewater treated
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_wastewater_treatment_records
• Sources: eu-fdm-bat-2019; eu-pef-2021-2279

Alfalfa wastewater-treatment sludge (wwt_sludge)

Record sludge removed from the treatment process with wet mass, dry solids, treatment route, and destination.

• Selected flow: Lucerne (alfalfa) wastewater-treatment sludge
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Measured wet sludge mass multiplied by measured dry-solids fraction when a dry-mass result is required
• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: Per 1 m3 alfalfa-process wastewater treated
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
• Collection protocol: cp_wastewater_treatment_records
• Sources: eu-fdm-bat-2019; eu-pef-2021-2279

Elementary flows

Chemical oxygen demand to water (wwt_cod_to_water)

Record the chemical oxygen demand load in the treated effluent as the official aggregate water-quality parameter, without combining it with BOD5 or suspended solids.

• Selected flow: Chemical oxygen demand, to water
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Effluent volume multiplied by paired flow-weighted COD concentration for the same discharge period
• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: Per 1 m3 alfalfa-process wastewater treated
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
• Collection protocol: cp_wastewater_treatment_records
• Sources: eu-fdm-bat-2019; eu-pef-2021-2279

Five-day biochemical oxygen demand to water (wwt_bod5_to_water)

Record five-day biochemical oxygen demand as a separate effluent parameter with the test duration retained.

• Selected flow: Biochemical oxygen demand, 5 days, to water
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Effluent volume multiplied by paired flow-weighted BOD5 concentration for the same discharge period
• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: Per 1 m3 alfalfa-process wastewater treated
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
• Collection protocol: cp_wastewater_treatment_records
• Sources: eu-fdm-bat-2019; eu-pef-2021-2279

Total suspended solids to water (wwt_tss_to_water)

Record total suspended solids in the treated effluent separately from COD, BOD5, nitrogen, and phosphorus.

• Selected flow: Total suspended solids, to water
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Effluent volume multiplied by paired flow-weighted TSS concentration for the same discharge period
• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: Per 1 m3 alfalfa-process wastewater treated
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
• Collection protocol: cp_wastewater_treatment_records
• Sources: eu-fdm-bat-2019; eu-pef-2021-2279

Total nitrogen to water (wwt_total_nitrogen_to_water)

Record total nitrogen in treated effluent as the official water-quality parameter and retain the analytical method; do not merge it with total phosphorus.

• Selected flow: Total nitrogen, to water
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Effluent volume multiplied by paired flow-weighted total-nitrogen concentration for the same discharge period
• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: Per 1 m3 alfalfa-process wastewater treated
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
• Collection protocol: cp_wastewater_treatment_records
• Sources: eu-fdm-bat-2019; eu-pef-2021-2279

Total phosphorus to water (wwt_total_phosphorus_to_water)

Record total phosphorus in treated effluent as its own official water-quality parameter.

• Selected flow: Total phosphorus, to water
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Effluent volume multiplied by paired flow-weighted total-phosphorus concentration for the same discharge period
• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: Per 1 m3 alfalfa-process wastewater treated
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
• Collection protocol: cp_wastewater_treatment_records
• Sources: eu-fdm-bat-2019; eu-pef-2021-2279

Biogenic methane from wastewater treatment (wwt_biogenic_methane_to_air)

Record biogenic methane released by an anaerobic or mixed treatment stage, excluding captured methane transferred as biogas.

• Selected flow: Methane, biogenic, to air
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Measured uncaptured methane load or calculation from measured degradable load, treatment performance, capture, and oxidation records
• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
• Specificity: Technology-specific (technology_specific)
• Normalization basis: Per 1 m3 alfalfa-process wastewater treated
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
• Collection protocol: cp_wastewater_treatment_records
• Sources: eu-fdm-bat-2019; eu-pef-2021-2279

Nitrous oxide from wastewater treatment (wwt_nitrous_oxide_to_air)

Record nitrous oxide released by a nitrogen-removal treatment stage as one chemical emission when that stage operates.

• Selected flow: Dinitrogen monoxide, to air
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Measured emission load or calculation from measured nitrogen throughput and a documented treatment-specific factor
• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
• Specificity: Technology-specific (technology_specific)
• Normalization basis: Per 1 m3 alfalfa-process wastewater treated
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
• Collection protocol: cp_wastewater_treatment_records
• Sources: eu-fdm-bat-2019; eu-pef-2021-2279

7. Allocation and Co-product Handling

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
allocation_route_separation	Distinct raw states and manufacturing technologies	Prefer subdivision. Keep fresh-wilted, field-dried, and purchased-dehydrated inputs; each dryer technology and fuel; meal and pellet forms; and bulk and packaged release routes separately metered or calculated. Do not allocate by averaging unlike routes.	eu-pef-2021-2279; us-epa-ap42-alfalfa-1996
allocation_internal_recycle	Recovered dryer or grinding dust, coarse screenings, and pellet fines	Measure each fraction before return. An internal return carries the originating process burden and is neither a co-product nor an avoided waste credit; prevent double counting at the sending and receiving processes.	us-epa-ap42-alfalfa-1996; fao-feed-milling
allocation_saleable_lucerne_fraction	A separately saleable lucerne screening, meal fraction, dust fraction, or pellet-fines product	First subdivide the process where records allow. If subdivision is not possible, use a documented physical relation that reflects the causal production process; use economic allocation only when no defensible physical relation exists, and disclose quantities, prices, period, and sensitivity.	eu-pef-2021-2279
allocation_energy_and_utilities	Shared electricity, steam, hot water, fuel, compressed air, and treatment services	Allocate shared utilities using stage submeters; otherwise use documented equipment time, rated demand corrected by measured load, processed mass, or wastewater volume. Do not use revenue to allocate a shared utility.	fefac-pefcr-feed-data-2021; eu-pef-2021-2279
allocation_waste_and_disposal	Rejects, discarded dust, ash, packaging waste, screenings, sludge, and wastewater	Assign generation to the process and product route that caused it. Model treatment or disposal transparently; do not create an avoided-product credit in the foreground inventory unless a separately reviewed downstream substitution model is declared.	eu-fdm-bat-2019; eu-pef-2021-2279
allocation_packaging_reuse	Reusable wood pallets	Allocate pallet manufacture only over documented foreground reuse cycles within the declared ownership and return system; do not assume a reuse count.	fefac-pefcr-feed-data-2021; eu-pef-2021-2279

8. Foreground Data Collection, Calculation, and Quality Rules

Data Collection Protocols

protocol_id	process_id	flow_role	record_type	raw_fields	collection_method	unit	frequency	temporal_coverage	site_scope	aggregation_rule	quality_evidence
cp_receiving_records	raw_material_receiving	Received lucerne by state; receiving utilities; rejects; removed soil and stones; receiving dust	Scale, meter, inspection, moisture, waste, and emission records	lot_id; received_state; supplier; origin; gross_mass; tare_mass; accepted_mass; rejected_mass; moisture; electricity; diesel; separated_soil; separated_stones; dust_measurement	Calibrated weighbridge or hopper scale, moisture method, utility records, waste-container weights, and stage emission measurement or calculation	kg; % moisture; kWh; kg fuel; kg emission	Each lot and each receiving operating shift	Representative contiguous production period, normally at least 12 months or all campaigns if seasonal	One identified production site	Sum state-specific accepted and rejected masses and utilities; normalize only to output from the linked route	Scale and meter calibration; lot tickets; moisture reports; fuel records; waste manifests; emission method and calculation workbook
cp_drying_records	thermal_drying	Dryer utilities, fuels, recovered heat, dried chops, recovered dust, ash, and individual air emissions	Stage meters, fuel stocks, mass and moisture balance, control-device records, and stack measurements	dryer_id; dryer_type; fuel_identity; fuel_quantity; fuel_quality; electricity; steam_state; hot_water_state; recovered_heat_states; inlet_mass_and_moisture; outlet_mass_and_moisture; dust_mass; ash_mass; stack_flow; pollutant_concentrations; operating_hours	Read calibrated meters and scales; retain fuel analyses and emission-test data; calculate heat and species-resolved loads using declared equations	kWh; MJ; kg; % moisture; Nm3; kg pollutant	Per batch or shift for activity data and at the legally or technically applicable emission-monitoring frequency	Complete declared drying campaign or representative annual period	One identified dryer system at one site	Aggregate only one dryer technology and fuel configuration; calculate mass, heat, and pollutant totals before normalization	Meter and scale calibration; supplier certificates; moisture tests; stack-test reports; control-device logs; calculation workbook
cp_grinding_records	grinding_and_sieving	Grinding utilities, meal, screenings, recovered and discarded dust, and individual particulate fractions	Stage meters, scales, screen records, dust-collector records, and emission measurements	mill_id; screen_specification; feed_mass; feed_moisture; electricity; compressed_air; meal_mass; screenings_mass; recovered_dust_mass; discarded_dust_mass; stack_flow; pm25; pm_coarse	Submeter and calibrated mass records linked to mill and screen settings; size-resolved emission measurement or documented calculation	kWh; Nm3; kg; % moisture; kg pollutant	Each production lot or shift	Complete declared route period	One identified grinding and sieving train	Reconcile inputs, internal returns, meal, screenings, discarded dust, and releases before normalization	Meter and scale calibration; screen specification; filter and cyclone logs; emission reports; mass-balance workbook
cp_pelleting_records	steam_conditioning_and_pelleting	Meal, exact binder cards if any, conditioning water, steam, electricity, hot pellets, reject, and particulate	Batch formulation, meters, scales, pellet-mill operating and emission records	lot_id; meal_mass_and_moisture; binder_substance_and_mass_or_none; water_mass; steam_mass_pressure_temperature; electricity; hot_pellet_mass_and_moisture; reject_mass; stack_flow; pm25; pm_coarse	Link product-specific formulation and mill settings to calibrated feed, water, steam, power, output, reject, and emission records	kg; % moisture; MJ; kWh; kg pollutant	Each pellet lot or shift	Complete declared pellet route period	One identified conditioner and pellet mill	Keep every exact binder separate; reconcile meal, added water, steam condensate, product, reject, dust, and inventory change	Formulation and legal identity; meter and scale calibration; pellet-mill logs; release tests; emission reports
cp_cooling_records	pellet_cooling_and_screening	Hot pellets, cooling electricity, accepted pellets, recovered and discarded fines, and particulate	Stage meters, scales, screen and cooler records, and emission measurements	lot_id; cooler_id; screen_specification; hot_pellet_mass; electricity; accepted_pellet_mass; recovered_fines_mass; discarded_fines_mass; inlet_and_outlet_temperature; moisture; stack_flow; pm25; pm_coarse	Calibrated mass and power measurements linked to cooler and screen settings, with size-resolved release measurement or calculation	kg; kWh; °C; % moisture; kg pollutant	Each pellet lot or shift	Complete declared pellet route period	One identified cooler and screen train	Reconcile hot pellets, accepted pellets, internal fines, discarded fines, dust, and inventory change before normalization	Meter and scale calibration; screen specification; cooler logs; moisture tests; emission reports
cp_packaging_release_records	packaging_storage_and_release	Meal or pellets, electricity, each packaging component, net reference output, off-spec product, packaging waste, and load-out dust	Packaging issue, scale, warehouse, release, waste, and emission records	final_form; lot_id; product_input_mass; moisture; grade; packaging_component_identity_and_mass; pallet_tracking; electricity; net_released_mass; offspec_mass; each_packaging_waste_mass; stack_flow; pm25; pm_coarse	Calibrated product scales, packaging stock reconciliation, pallet records, quality release, warehouse meters, waste weights, and emission measurement or calculation	kg; kWh; % moisture; kg pollutant	Each released lot and monthly inventory reconciliation	Complete declared release period	One identified site and packaging or bulk line	Keep meal and pellet routes and each packaging material separate; use net released mass as denominator	Scale and meter calibration; packaging specifications and invoices; stock records; quality certificates; waste manifests; emission reports
cp_cleaning_records	cleaning_and_maintenance	Electricity, compressed air, wet-cleaning water, exact chemicals if any, sweepings, wash wastewater, and filter fabric	Cleaning event, utility, chemical issue, waste, wastewater, and maintenance records	event_id; equipment_train; dry_or_wet_method; electricity; compressed_air; water_mass; exact_chemical_identity_and_mass; sweepings_mass; wastewater_volume; used_filter_mass; destination	Event-level log linked to calibrated utility meters, material issues, waste weights, wastewater meters or tanks, and maintenance work orders	kWh; Nm3; kg; m3	Each cleaning or maintenance event	Same period as linked production routes	One identified site and equipment train	Assign each event to the cleaned route by equipment time or processed mass and keep each chemical and waste separate	Cleaning logs; meter calibration; safety and product specifications; chemical issue records; waste manifests; maintenance orders
cp_wastewater_treatment_records	onsite_wastewater_treatment	Wastewater, electricity, exact reagents if any, effluent, screenings, sludge, five water parameters, methane, and nitrous oxide	Flow, laboratory, treatment-operation, chemical, waste, and gas records	influent_volume; effluent_volume; recycle_and_storage; electricity; exact_reagent_identity_and_mass; screenings_mass_and_solids; sludge_mass_and_solids; cod; bod5; tss; total_nitrogen; total_phosphorus; methane; nitrous_oxide; sampling_times	Calibrated flow and power meters, representative paired samples, accredited or documented analytical methods, waste weights, and gas measurement or calculation	m3; kWh; kg; mg/L; kg pollutant	Continuous or daily flow totals; sampling at applicable permit or BAT frequency	Complete declared treatment and discharge period	One identified on-site treatment train	Use flow-weighted pollutant loads; reconcile water balance and assign shared treatment by actual influent volume and pollutant load	Meter calibration; chain of custody; laboratory reports; treatment logs; reagent records; waste manifests; emissions calculation workbook

Calculation Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Formula or rule	Inputs	Output	source_ids
calc_reference_normalization	All foreground exchanges	Normalized amount = route-period exchange quantity divided by net conforming reference-product mass released from the same route and period.	route-period exchange quantity; net released mass	Exchange per 1 kg reference product	eu-pef-2021-2279
calc_net_received_material	Received lucerne	Accepted received mass = gross vehicle or container mass minus tare minus separately weighed rejected material; preserve state and moisture by lot.	gross mass; tare; rejected mass; received state; moisture	Accepted lucerne mass by exact state	eu-pef-2021-2279
calc_drying_water_balance	Thermal drying	Water removed = inlet wet mass × inlet moisture fraction minus outlet mass × outlet moisture fraction, with recovered and discarded solids reconciled separately.	inlet mass and moisture; outlet mass and moisture; dust; ash; inventory change	Water removed and dryer material-balance residual	us-epa-ap42-alfalfa-1996
calc_delivered_heat	Steam, hot water, and recovered heat	Heat = measured mass or volume flow multiplied by the documented inlet-to-outlet specific-enthalpy difference; report steam, hot water, and recovered heat separately.	flow; pressure; temperature; return state; fluid properties	MJ of one named heat carrier	eu-jrc-fdm-bref-2019; eu-pef-2021-2279
calc_shared_stage_electricity	Stage electricity without a dedicated submeter	Stage electricity = site-meter electricity multiplied by the documented ratio of route equipment measured load-hours to total included equipment load-hours; disclose uncertainty.	site electricity; equipment load; operating time	kWh assigned to one process and route	fefac-pefcr-feed-data-2021; eu-pef-2021-2279
calc_combustion_species	Each dryer combustion emission	Species mass = measured fuel quantity multiplied by the documented fuel- and technology-specific species factor, adjusted only for measured control and oxidation parameters; use stack measurement instead when representative.	exact fuel; quantity; quality; species factor; control; operating state	kg of one named chemical or particulate fraction to air	eu-fdm-bat-2019; eu-pef-2021-2279
calc_particulate_load	Each process particulate fraction	Pollutant load = flow-weighted concentration multiplied by dry or wet exhaust volume on the same reference condition; size fractions shall be non-overlapping.	exhaust flow; concentration; duration; reference condition; size fraction	kg of one particulate fraction to air	us-epa-ap42-alfalfa-1996; eu-fdm-bat-2019
calc_packaging_mass	Each packaging component	Component mass = verified unit mass multiplied by units consumed, corrected with opening and closing stock and documented pallet reuse where applicable.	unit mass; count; opening stock; receipts; closing stock; reuse cycles	kg of one named packaging material	fefac-pefcr-feed-data-2021; eu-pef-2021-2279
calc_effluent_pollutant_load	COD, BOD5, TSS, total nitrogen, or total phosphorus	Pollutant load = paired flow-weighted effluent concentration multiplied by discharged effluent volume with unit conversion documented.	effluent volume; one pollutant concentration; sample coverage	kg of one named water parameter to water	eu-fdm-bat-2019; eu-pef-2021-2279
calc_route_mass_balance	Each process and complete route	Residual = measured inputs minus measured products, internal transfers, wastes, releases, measured inventory change, and documented moisture change; investigate rather than force-close material residuals.	all measured mass terms; moisture; inventory change	Disclosed mass-balance residual and reconciliation result	eu-pef-2021-2279

Data Quality Requirements

requirement_id	Applies to	Requirement	Evidence
dq_product_identity	Reference product	Confirm final form, single-lucerne identity, CPC 23320 scope, moisture, declared grade, packaging state, site, and period; retain the bakery-comment rejection in the audit trail.	Product specification, release certificate, classification check, and reference-flow verification record
dq_route_identity	All foreground processes	Record raw-material state, dryer technology and heat source, grinding/screen settings, pelleting and conditioning configuration, binder identity or none, cooler/screen settings, and packaging configuration without averaging unlike routes.	Route diagram, equipment list, lot genealogy, formulation record, and process logs
dq_measurement	Meters, scales, and laboratory data	Use calibrated instruments and documented methods appropriate to the measured quantity; retain calibration validity, detection limits, sampling conditions, and missing-data treatment.	Calibration certificates, laboratory reports, sampling plans, and instrument logs
dq_temporal	Foreground activity data	Cover a representative production period, normally at least 12 consecutive months or every campaign in a seasonal year; disclose shutdowns, abnormal operation, and incomplete coverage.	Dated production, utility, maintenance, waste, and release records
dq_completeness	Inventory	Include all known product, waste, and elementary exchanges, with each electricity, heat carrier, fuel, chemical, packaging component, waste, water parameter, and air emission in its own card.	Inventory reconciliation, supplier and utility records, emission registers, waste manifests, and unresolved-UUID register
dq_mass_balance	Material processes	Report process and route mass-balance residuals and investigate material discrepancies using moisture, dust recovery, internal recycle, reject, and storage records.	Signed mass-balance workbook and corrective-action note for unexplained residuals
dq_emissions	Air and water releases	Match emission measurements or factors to the actual technology, fuel, control device, compartment, operating state, and period; do not report overlapping particulate fractions or combine chemical species.	Stack or wastewater reports, permit records, factor source, control logs, and calculation workbook
dq_verifiability	Published package	Preserve the product-specific BoM, company-specific manufacturing activity data, calculation files, secondary-dataset identities, allocation decisions, data-quality assessment, and reviewer access to underlying records.	PEF-style data inventory, source register, model archive, and verification statement

9. Validation Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
validate_reference_identity	Reference flow	Require UUID f984b084-e66e-4d11-8365-354ae0ad5a74, Product flow type, exact CPC 23320, Mass property 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66, unit group 93a60a57-a4c8-11da-a746-0800200c9a66, and kg. Reject the conflicting remote bakery generalComment.	un-cpc-3-2025
validate_reference_amount	Reference output	Require exactly 1 kg net conforming as-sold meal or pellets and exclude all packaging mass.	un-cpc-3-2025; eu-fdm-bat-2019
validate_route_lock	Data package identity	Fail when final form, received lucerne state, drying technology and heat source or none, grinding/screen configuration, pelleting and conditioning route or none, binder identity or none, release moisture, packaging, site, or period is missing; fail when unlike routes are averaged.	us-epa-ap42-alfalfa-1996; eu-fdm-bat-2019; eu-pef-2021-2279
validate_process_coverage	Process map	Require receiving, grinding/sieving, packaging or bulk release, and cleaning; require drying, pelleting, cooling/screening, and on-site wastewater treatment exactly when their inclusion conditions apply.	us-epa-ap42-alfalfa-1996; fao-feed-milling; eu-fdm-bat-2019
validate_atomic_selected_flow	Inventory cards	Require every Selected flow to be one exact exchange. Reject collective or selector labels for feed, materials, energy, fuels, packaging, chemicals, additives, by-products, wastes, pollutants, or emissions.	eu-pef-2021-2279
validate_unlisted_actual_flow	Actual binders, chemicals, fuels, packaging, wastes, and emissions	If an actual legal flow is not listed, require a newly authored exact card with its own row_id, property/unit, rule, protocol, sources, and unresolved UUID entry; fail any generic placeholder.	eu-pef-2021-2279
validate_uuid_policy	Tiangong references	Allow only the verified reference product, Mass property, and unit-group UUIDs in this candidate. Require every other UUID cell to remain blank until exact hybrid search and direct public state100 read both verify the same semantic flow.
validate_uuid_closure	Manifest review metadata	Require every inventory card without a UUID, except the UUID-bearing reference output, to have exactly one matching unresolved entry by row_id; reject missing, duplicate, or stale entries.
validate_amount_provenance	Non-reference inventory quantities	Require foreground_record or calculated_value tied to a collection protocol and calculation rule where applicable; reject fabricated defaults, unsupported intervals, and undocumented estimates.	fefac-pefcr-feed-data-2021; eu-pef-2021-2279
validate_material_balance	Each route	Require reconciled input, output, moisture, internal recycle, waste, emission, and inventory-change terms and a disclosed investigated residual.	eu-pef-2021-2279
validate_emission_separation	Direct emissions	Require separate chemical cards for fossil CO2, biogenic CO2, fossil methane, nitrous oxide, carbon monoxide, nitric oxide, nitrogen dioxide, and sulfur dioxide when present; require non-overlapping particulate-size cards and separate COD, BOD5, TSS, total nitrogen, and total phosphorus loads.	eu-fdm-bat-2019; eu-pef-2021-2279
validate_data_quality	Package evidence	Require calibration, product-specific composition, site activity data, source and factor identity, allocation records, route representativeness, quality assessment, and evidence available for review.	eu-pef-2021-2279; fefac-pefcr-feed-data-2021

10. Published Dataset Profile

Field	Value
dataset_role	Candidate company-specific foreground production dataset that may become a secondary_dataset or background_dataset after methodology and data review
downstream_use	Route-specific modelling of lucerne (alfalfa) meal or pellet supply at the producing facility gate
allowed_use	Use only for the declared raw-material state, artificial-drying technology and fuel or no-drying route, grinding/screen configuration, meal or pellet form, conditioning and binder state, packaging, geography, site technology, and production period
excluded_use	Mixed feed, pet food, other forage species, unprocessed hay, leaf-protein concentrate, bakery products, a different dryer or fuel mix, combined meal/pellet average, animal feeding or digestion, manure management, distribution, or packaging end-of-life without additional modelling
required_metadata	PCR id and candidate status; exact reference UUID and unit support; CPC 23320; final form; raw-material state; drying technology and heat source; grinding and screen settings; pelleting and conditioning route; exact binder or none; moisture and grade; bulk or each packaging component; site and period; process inclusion; upstream dataset identities; allocation; unresolved UUIDs; exclusions
required_quality_disclosure	Primary-data coverage; meter and scale calibration; sampling and analytical methods; route and technology representativeness; mass and water balances; internal recycle; direct emissions; wastewater; allocation; missing data; uncertainty; unresolved identities; source versions; verification status
update_trigger	Change in received lucerne state or supplier mix, dryer technology or fuel, grinding/screen specification, pelleting/conditioning or binder, cooler/screen, packaging configuration, product moisture or grade, emission control, wastewater treatment, allocation, background datasets, reference UUID status, or representative period

11. Data Sources

Source id	Type	Reference	Used for
un-cpc-3-2025	Official guidance (official_guidance)	United Nations Statistics Division, Central Product Classification (CPC) Version 3.0, structure and explanatory notes, 30 June 2025. https://unstats.un.org/unsd/classifications/Econ/Download/In%20Text/CPC_Ver_3.0_Exp_Notes_30Jun2025.pdf	Exact CPC 23320 identity and separation from CPC 2331 feed preparations and division 234 bakery products
us-epa-ap42-alfalfa-1996	Official guidance (official_guidance)	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, AP-42, Section 9.9.4: Alfalfa Dehydrating, September 1996. https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2020-10/documents/c9s09-4.pdf	Alfalfa receipt state, direct-fired rotary drying, cyclone recovery, hammermilling, steam conditioning, pelleting, cooling, screening, storage, and particulate-source structure; no AP-42 example factor is adopted as a default amount
eu-jrc-fdm-bref-2019	Official guidance (official_guidance)	European Commission Joint Research Centre, Best Available Techniques Reference Document for the Food, Drink and Milk Industries, JRC118627, EUR 29978 EN, 2019, DOI 10.2760/243911. https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC118627	FDM and animal-feed process scope, company operations, utility, cleaning, wastewater, waste-gas, monitoring, and environmental-management structure; no sector value is copied as a default
eu-fdm-bat-2019	Standard (standard)	Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/2031 establishing BAT conclusions for the food, drink and milk industries. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2019/2031/oj	Green-fodder predrying and heat recovery; grinding and pellet-cooling dust; energy, water, dry cleaning, treatment, COD, BOD, TSS, nitrogen, phosphorus, and monitoring structure; BAT levels are not PCR default quantities
fao-feed-milling	Handbook (handbook)	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Feed Milling Processes, Chapter 18, Section 4, pelleting, cooling, and screening. https://www.fao.org/4/x5738e/x5738e0j.htm	Liquid-water or steam conditioning, die pelleting, cooler operation, screening, and pellet-fines return; example operating values are not adopted as defaults
fefac-pefcr-feed-data-2021	Official guidance (official_guidance)	European Feed Manufacturers’ Federation, Key elements in data collection for PEFCR Feed, 2021. https://fefac.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/SR_Factsheet-key-elements-data-collection.pdf	Exact feed-ingredient bill of materials and company primary data for manufacturing energy, water, packaging, origin, and downstream boundary
eu-pef-2021-2279	Official guidance (official_guidance)	Commission Recommendation (EU) 2021/2279 on Environmental Footprint methods, consolidated English text. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reco/2021/2279/2021-12-30/eng	Product-specific BoM, company-specific manufacturing data, complete inputs and outputs, allocation, reference-flow normalization, data quality, transparency, and verification