Fish fillets, dried, salted or in brine, but not smoked

1. Scope and Applicability

This PCR covers edible fish fillets preserved by drying, dry-salting, wet-salting, brining, brine injection, or combinations of those operations, provided that smoking and smoke-flavouring are not used. The foreground product is a finished fish fillet at the processor gate, sold dried, salted, or immersed in brine as declared by the producer.

The PCR excludes smoked and smoke-flavoured fish, smoke-dried fish, whole or split fish that is not marketed as fillet, minced fish, fish livers and roes, canned or cooked fish preparations, and products whose principal preservation route is freezing without salting or drying. Species, capture or aquaculture origin, incoming fresh/chilled/frozen state, salting route, drying status, final brine inclusion, packaging format, storage temperature, and edible-product moisture or water-activity control must be declared because they materially affect inventory interpretation and food-safety controls.

The foreground boundary begins when raw fish or pre-cut fish fillets are received at the processing facility in their declared temperature state. It ends with one kilogram of net edible finished product, excluding packaging mass, packed and ready to leave the processing site. Upstream fish production or capture, ice, salt, packaging, electricity, fuel, water supply, and inbound transport are represented by linked upstream datasets when included in the study; downstream distribution, retail, preparation, consumption, and end-of-life are outside the default foreground boundary.

2. Product Category Identity

Field	Value
canonical_pcr_id	pcr.food-products-beverages-and-tobacco-textiles-apparel-and-leather-products.meat-fish-fruits-vegetables-oils-and-fats.fish-fillets-dried-salted-or-in-brine-but-not-smoked
classification_refs	CPC 3.0: 21224, exact
covered_products	Edible fish fillets that are dried, salted, wet-salted, dry-salted, brine-injected, or held in brine, including combinations of drying and salting, without smoking or smoke flavouring
excluded_products	Smoked, smoke-flavoured, or smoke-dried fish; whole or split non-fillet fish; minced fish; fish livers or roes; canned or cooked preparations; frozen-only fillets without salting or drying
representative_product	A packaged edible fish fillet preserved by a declared dry-salting or brining route, optionally dried, and not smoked
production_route	Receipt under controlled temperature; inspection and thawing when needed; optional filleting, trimming, washing, and draining; salting or brining and curing; conditional hygienic drying; finishing, packaging, and controlled storage
market_state	Finished edible product at the processing facility gate; dried, salted, or in brine as declared; packaged; chilled, frozen, or shelf-stable only when supported by the product-specific food-safety plan

3. Reference Flow

Field	Value
What	Edible fish fillets preserved by drying, salting, or brining without smoking
How much	1 kg net mass of finished edible fish fillets, excluding packaging and any non-product transport ice
How well	Conforms to the declared species, preservation route, salt/brine state, drying state, moisture or water-activity control, food-safety plan, and market specification
How long or cycle	One production lot delivered at the processing facility gate; shelf life and required storage temperature are declared lot attributes rather than part of the reference amount
reference_flow_link	reference_finished_fish_fillets

Field	Value
Reference amount	1 kg net finished product mass
Reference product flow	Fish fillets, dried, salted or in brine, but not smoked b41d734d-e255-404c-b6bb-b2c408f653c6
Reference flow property	Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66
Reference unit group	Units of mass 93a60a57-a4c8-11da-a746-0800200c9a66
Reference unit	kg
Required qualifiers	fish species or species group; capture or aquaculture origin; incoming product form and fresh/chilled/frozen state; filleting performed on-site or upstream; salting technology; salt and brine specification; dried or non-dried state; final product sold drained or with brine; moisture or water-activity control where applicable; packaging format; storage temperature and shelf-life basis; geographic and temporal representativeness

When constructing a foreground data package, every required qualifier must be declared in dataset metadata, process notes, the reference-flow comment, the product description, or an equivalent data-package field. Missing qualifiers make the reference-flow definition incomplete for that data package.

4. Measurement and Unit Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Required property	Required unit	Rule
reference_net_mass	Reference finished fish fillets	Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66	kg	Normalize all foreground inventory to 1 kg net edible finished product; exclude packaging, transport ice, and drained free brine unless the marketed product definition explicitly includes brine in the sold net quantity.
incoming_mass_state	Incoming raw fish or fillets	Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66	kg	Record weighed received mass and separately declare whether glaze, surface ice, free liquid, head, skin, bone, or other non-fillet material is included; do not silently convert gross receipt mass to edible fillet mass.
brine_component_accounting	Brine preparation and final brine	Mass	kg	Record water and food-grade salt as separate inputs. Record retained brine in the sold product separately from spent or discharged brine, and state whether the reference net quantity includes retained brine.
moisture_and_dry_matter	Drying and curing	Mass; dimensionless fraction	kg; kg/kg or percent	Use paired wet-basis mass records before and after curing or drying. Declare whether moisture or salt concentration is reported on wet, dry, or water-phase basis and retain the laboratory method.
energy_conversion	Refrigeration, pumps, drying, and packaging	Energy	kWh or MJ	Preserve metered units. Convert only with an explicit factor, identify electricity and fuel separately, and allocate shared utility meters using a documented physical driver before normalization.

5. System Boundary

Boundary Abstraction

Field	Value
declared_starting_condition	Raw fish or pre-cut fish fillets received at the processing facility with species, origin, form, temperature state, glaze or free-liquid treatment, and prior preservation disclosed
starting_condition_role	Foreground gate input whose received quantity and condition anchor yield, loss, cold-chain, and processing records
product_classification_scope	Edible fish fillets dried, salted, or in brine and not smoked; CPC 3.0 code 21224 is classification context, not canonical PCR identity
recursive_input_rule	When a same-category salted, dried, or brined fish fillet enters as an ingredient or intermediate, record it once as a product input with its upstream dataset and declared condition; do not recursively recreate upstream preservation inside the current foreground system
upstream_dataset_requirement	Link representative upstream datasets for incoming fish or fillets, salt, water, ice, packaging, electricity, fuel, refrigerants, and transport when those flows cross the study boundary; disclose proxy geography, technology, age, and allocation
disclosure	Declare facility geography, reporting period, species and source, raw-material state, processing route, included conditional processes, packaging, cold-storage conditions, yield basis, co-product treatment, exclusions, cut-offs, and all upstream proxies

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
boundary_required_operations	foreground processing	Include receiving and temperature-controlled handling, inspection, applicable thawing and preparation, salting or brining and curing, conditional drying, finishing, packaging, storage, direct utilities, rejects, wastewater or spent brine, and other on-site wastes for every operation performed by the reporting facility.	codex-cxc-52-2003
boundary_conditional_routes	conditional operations	Include filleting and trimming only when whole, dressed, or otherwise non-fillet fish is processed on-site; include drying only for a dried product route; include final brine make-up only when product is sold in brine; disclose omitted conditional operations.	codex-cxc-52-2003
boundary_food_safety_controls	process control records	Retain product-specific HACCP or equivalent hazard-control evidence for raw-material suitability, time-temperature control, potable-water and food-grade-salt use, brine concentration where applicable, hygienic drying, contamination prevention, packaging, and storage.	codex-cxc-52-2003; codex-cxs-190-1995
boundary_upstream_downstream	life-cycle linkage	Keep upstream production or capture and supply-chain burdens outside the foreground gate but link them through representative datasets; exclude downstream distribution, retail, preparation, consumption, and end-of-life from the default foreground package unless the declared study expands the boundary.	eu-pef-2021-2279
boundary_cutoff_disclosure	completeness	Do not omit a flow merely because its Tiangong UUID is pending. Quantify all measured material, energy, water, product, co-product, waste, wastewater, and direct elementary flows, and disclose any study-specific cut-off with its mass, energy, and expected environmental relevance.	eu-pef-2021-2279

6. Process Inventory Structure

Process Map

process_id	process_name	inclusion	inclusion_condition	role	quantitative_reference
receiving_cold_handling	Receiving and temperature-controlled handling	required	Always	Foreground receipt, identity, suitability, thawing decision, and cold-chain handling	kg received raw fish or fillets
preparation_filleting	Preparation, filleting, trimming, washing, and draining	conditional	Include when received material requires filleting, skinning, deboning, trimming, washing, or draining at the site	Foreground conversion to prepared fillets	kg prepared fillets
salting_curing	Salting, brining, and curing	required	Always; select and declare the applicable salting route	Foreground preservation and curing	kg cured fillets
hygienic_drying	Hygienic drying	conditional	Include when the finished product is declared dried or when a drying step is otherwise performed	Foreground moisture removal	kg dried fillets
finishing_packaging_storage	Finishing, packaging, and controlled storage	required	Always	Foreground final product preparation and processor-gate output	1 kg net reference product

Process: Receiving and temperature-controlled handling (receiving_cold_handling)

Inputs

Product flows

Incoming whole fish, fresh or chilled (incoming_whole_fish_fresh_chilled)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Whole fish, fresh or chilled
• Applicability: Use only for fresh or chilled whole-fish receipts; record species and origin.
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured mass attributable to the process
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net finished reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_receiving_batch
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003; codex-cxs-190-1995
• Range: Provisional raw-material mass-balance screen
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 1.0
  • Upper: 4.0
  • Unit: kg/kg net finished product
  • Basis: broad screen spanning pre-cut fillets and on-site filleting or drying routes
  • Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Incoming whole fish, frozen (incoming_whole_fish_frozen)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Whole fish, frozen
• Applicability: Use only for frozen whole-fish receipts.
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured mass attributable to the process
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net finished reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_receiving_batch
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003; codex-cxs-190-1995
• Range: Provisional raw-material mass-balance screen
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 1.0
  • Upper: 4.0
  • Unit: kg/kg net finished product
  • Basis: broad screen spanning pre-cut fillets and on-site filleting or drying routes
  • Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Incoming fish fillets, fresh or chilled (incoming_fish_fillets_fresh_chilled)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Fish fillets and fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh or chilled a1c31d45-a225-426f-908a-f79eae6c071f
• Applicability: Use only for fresh or chilled fillet receipts.
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured mass attributable to the process
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net finished reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_receiving_batch
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003; codex-cxs-190-1995
• Range: Provisional raw-material mass-balance screen
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 1.0
  • Upper: 4.0
  • Unit: kg/kg net finished product
  • Basis: broad screen spanning pre-cut fillets and on-site filleting or drying routes
  • Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Incoming fish fillets, frozen (incoming_fish_fillets_frozen)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Frozen fish fillets 130aa38f-8c63-4d0b-ad05-0b2c4426cdd8
• Applicability: Use only for frozen fillet receipts.
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured mass attributable to the process
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net finished reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_receiving_batch
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003; codex-cxs-190-1995
• Range: Provisional raw-material mass-balance screen
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 1.0
  • Upper: 4.0
  • Unit: kg/kg net finished product
  • Basis: broad screen spanning pre-cut fillets and on-site filleting or drying routes
  • Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Receiving low-voltage grid electricity (receiving_grid_electricity_low_voltage)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Alternating-current electricity, below 1 kV, consumption mix 50657322-939c-4829-a87b-47c093bfa6a7
• Applicability: Use only for below-1-kV consumption-mix supply; do not duplicate medium-voltage supply.
• Flow property / unit: Energy / kWh
• Amount rule: metered electricity supplied below 1 kV and attributable to receipt, thawing control, and cold holding
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net finished reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_receiving_energy
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003
• Range: Provisional receiving and cold-holding electricity screen
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 5
  • Unit: kWh/kg net finished product
  • Basis: broad screen before route, climate, voltage, and duration evidence is reviewed
  • Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Receiving medium-voltage grid electricity (receiving_grid_electricity_medium_voltage)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Alternating-current electricity, 1–35 kV, consumption mix 3d76981f-964a-4865-b588-0e067a2a1163
• Applicability: Use only for 1–35-kV consumption-mix supply; do not duplicate low-voltage supply.
• Flow property / unit: Energy / kWh
• Amount rule: metered electricity supplied at 1–35 kV and attributable to receipt, thawing control, and cold holding
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net finished reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_receiving_energy
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003
• Range: Provisional receiving and cold-holding electricity screen
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 5
  • Unit: kWh/kg net finished product
  • Basis: broad screen before route, climate, voltage, and duration evidence is reviewed
  • Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Food-grade ice for fish chilling (receiving_food_grade_ice)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Food-grade ice for fish chilling
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured purchased or on-site produced food-grade ice used for the lot
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net finished reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_receiving_energy
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Outputs

Product flows

Accepted whole fish (accepted_whole_fish)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Accepted whole fish
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: received whole-fish mass minus corresponding rejects and measured free liquid not entering processing
• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per receiving lot
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
• Collection protocol: cp_receiving_batch
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003

Accepted fish fillets (accepted_fish_fillets)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Accepted fish fillets
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: received fillet mass minus corresponding rejects and measured free liquid not entering processing
• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per receiving lot
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
• Collection protocol: cp_receiving_batch
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003

Waste flows

Rejected whole fish (receiving_rejected_whole_fish)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Rejected whole fish
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured rejected or quarantined whole-fish mass by disposition
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net finished reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_receiving_batch
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003
• Range: Provisional receiving-reject screen
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 1.0
  • Unit: kg/kg received material
  • Basis: rejected fraction of the corresponding received material
  • Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Rejected fish fillets (receiving_rejected_fish_fillets)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Rejected fish fillets
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured rejected or quarantined fish-fillet mass by disposition
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net finished reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_receiving_batch
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003
• Range: Provisional receiving-reject screen
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 1.0
  • Unit: kg/kg received material
  • Basis: rejected fraction of the corresponding received material
  • Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Damaged polyethylene incoming packaging (receiving_damaged_polyethylene_packaging)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Damaged polyethylene incoming packaging
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured damaged polyethylene packaging mass by disposition
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net finished reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_receiving_batch
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003

Damaged corrugated-cardboard incoming packaging (receiving_damaged_corrugated_packaging)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Damaged corrugated-cardboard incoming packaging
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured damaged corrugated-cardboard packaging mass by disposition
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net finished reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_receiving_batch
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003

Separated ice glaze (receiving_separated_ice_glaze)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Separated ice glaze from incoming fish
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured separated ice-glaze mass not entering processing
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net finished reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_receiving_batch
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003

Thaw purge liquid (receiving_thaw_purge_liquid)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Thaw purge liquid from incoming fish
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured thaw purge mass not entering processing
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net finished reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_receiving_batch
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003

Elementary flows

Process: Preparation, filleting, trimming, washing, and draining (preparation_filleting)

Inputs

Product flows

Accepted whole fish for preparation (accepted_whole_fish_to_preparation)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Accepted whole fish
• Applicability: Use only when whole fish is prepared on site.
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured mass attributable to the process
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per preparation batch
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_preparation_batch
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003

Accepted fish fillets for preparation (accepted_fish_fillets_to_preparation)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Accepted fish fillets
• Applicability: Use only when received fillets require on-site preparation.
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured mass attributable to the process
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per preparation batch
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_preparation_batch
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003

Process water for preparation (preparation_process_water)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Process Water 94a04f7e-2d5c-41f0-b182-d54a3b373a02
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: metered or calculated process-water use attributable to washing, rinsing, and sanitation in preparation
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net finished reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_preparation_water_waste
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003
• Range: Provisional preparation-water screen
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 30
  • Unit: kg/kg net finished product
  • Basis: broad first-pass screen for washing and sanitation water attributable to preparation
  • Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Outputs

Product flows

Prepared fish fillets (prepared_fillets)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Prepared fish fillets
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured drained prepared-fillet mass
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per preparation batch
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_preparation_batch
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003

Waste flows

Fish trimmings (preparation_fish_trimmings)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Fish trimmings
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured fish-trimming mass by disposition
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net finished reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_preparation_water_waste
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003; eu-pef-2021-2279

Fish skin (preparation_fish_skin)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Fish skin
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured fish-skin mass by disposition
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net finished reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_preparation_water_waste
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003; eu-pef-2021-2279

Fish bones (preparation_fish_bones)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Fish bones
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured fish-bone mass by disposition
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net finished reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_preparation_water_waste
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003; eu-pef-2021-2279

Fish offal (preparation_fish_offal)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Fish offal
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured fish-offal mass by disposition
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net finished reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_preparation_water_waste
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003; eu-pef-2021-2279

Fish-preparation wastewater (preparation_wastewater)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Fish-preparation wastewater
• Flow property / unit: Volume / m3
• Amount rule: metered wastewater discharge or water-balance volume attributable to preparation
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net finished reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_preparation_water_waste
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003
• Range: Provisional preparation-wastewater screen
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 30
  • Unit: m3 per kg net finished product
  • Basis: broad first-pass screen pending metered discharge and recirculation evidence
  • Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Elementary flows

Process: Salting, brining, and curing (salting_curing)

Inputs

Product flows

Prepared fish fillets for curing (prepared_fillets_to_curing)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Prepared fish fillets
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured prepared-fillet mass entering curing
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per curing batch
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_salting_batch
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003

Food-grade salt (food_grade_salt)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Salt, food-grade, for brine preparation 3a5fa711-4648-4d58-b94d-67b79e7476c7
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured fresh salt issued to the batch minus recoverable unused salt returned to inventory
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net finished reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_salting_batch
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003
• Range: Provisional salt-input screen
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0.02
  • Upper: 1.5
  • Unit: kg/kg net finished product
  • Basis: broad screen across dry-salted, wet-salted, and brined routes
  • Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Process water for brine (brine_process_water)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Process Water 94a04f7e-2d5c-41f0-b182-d54a3b373a02
• Applicability: Use only for wet-salting, brining, injection, or make-up brine.
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured process water used to prepare or replenish brine
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net finished reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_salting_batch
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003
• Range: Provisional brine-water screen
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 10
  • Unit: kg/kg net finished product
  • Basis: broad screen including dry-salted routes with zero brine water and wet routes with batch brine
  • Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Curing low-voltage grid electricity (curing_grid_electricity_low_voltage)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Alternating-current electricity, below 1 kV, consumption mix 50657322-939c-4829-a87b-47c093bfa6a7
• Applicability: Use only for below-1-kV supply; do not duplicate medium-voltage supply.
• Flow property / unit: Energy / kWh
• Amount rule: metered low-voltage electricity attributable to pumps, brine preparation, injection, handling, and controlled-temperature curing
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net finished reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_salting_energy_waste
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003
• Range: Provisional curing-electricity screen
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 5
  • Unit: kWh/kg net finished product
  • Basis: broad first-pass screen pending route, voltage, and curing-duration evidence
  • Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Curing medium-voltage grid electricity (curing_grid_electricity_medium_voltage)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Alternating-current electricity, 1–35 kV, consumption mix 3d76981f-964a-4865-b588-0e067a2a1163
• Applicability: Use only for 1–35-kV supply; do not duplicate low-voltage supply.
• Flow property / unit: Energy / kWh
• Amount rule: metered medium-voltage electricity attributable to pumps, brine preparation, injection, handling, and controlled-temperature curing
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net finished reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_salting_energy_waste
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003
• Range: Provisional curing-electricity screen
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 5
  • Unit: kWh/kg net finished product
  • Basis: broad first-pass screen pending route, voltage, and curing-duration evidence
  • Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Outputs

Product flows

Cured fish fillets (cured_fillets)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Cured fish fillets
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured drained cured-fillet mass
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per curing batch
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_salting_batch
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003

Waste flows

Spent curing brine (curing_spent_brine)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Spent curing brine
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured spent-brine mass by disposition
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net finished reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_salting_energy_waste
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003

Curing purge liquid (curing_purge_liquid)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Curing purge liquid
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured curing purge-liquid mass by disposition
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net finished reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_salting_energy_waste
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003

Discarded contaminated salt (curing_discarded_salt)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Discarded contaminated salt
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured contaminated salt removed from the batch
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net finished reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_salting_energy_waste
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003

Curing cleaning wastewater (curing_cleaning_wastewater)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Curing cleaning wastewater
• Flow property / unit: Volume / m3
• Amount rule: metered cleaning-wastewater volume attributable to curing
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net finished reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_salting_energy_waste
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003

Elementary flows

Process: Hygienic drying (hygienic_drying)

Inputs

Product flows

Cured fish fillets for drying (cured_fillets_to_drying)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Cured fish fillets
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured cured-fillet mass loaded to the dryer
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per drying batch
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_drying_batch
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003

Drying low-voltage grid electricity (drying_grid_electricity_low_voltage)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Alternating-current electricity, below 1 kV, consumption mix 50657322-939c-4829-a87b-47c093bfa6a7
• Applicability: Use only for below-1-kV supply.
• Flow property / unit: Energy / kWh
• Amount rule: metered low-voltage electricity attributable to dryer fans, electric heaters, dehumidification, and controls
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Technology-specific (technology_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net finished reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_drying_energy
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003

Drying medium-voltage grid electricity (drying_grid_electricity_medium_voltage)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Alternating-current electricity, 1–35 kV, consumption mix 3d76981f-964a-4865-b588-0e067a2a1163
• Applicability: Use only for 1–35-kV supply.
• Flow property / unit: Energy / kWh
• Amount rule: metered medium-voltage electricity attributable to dryer fans, electric heaters, dehumidification, and controls
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Technology-specific (technology_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net finished reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_drying_energy
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003

Drying steam (drying_steam)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Steam 293f9fd9-5182-4d35-8aa5-ce73d4f322b7
• Applicability: Use only for purchased-steam drying; avoid double counting boiler fuel.
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: metered purchased steam supplied to the dryer
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Technology-specific (technology_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net finished reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_drying_energy
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003

Drying hot water (drying_hot_water)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Industrial hot water at declared inlet and return temperatures
• Applicability: Use only for a hot-water heat-supply route.
• Flow property / unit: Energy / MJ
• Amount rule: metered delivered hot-water heat attributable to drying
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Technology-specific (technology_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net finished reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_drying_energy
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003

Drying natural gas (drying_natural_gas)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Natural gas 4bfd1abb-9106-495a-a291-ce410f205691
• Applicability: Use only when natural gas is burned for drying heat.
• Flow property / unit: Energy / MJ
• Amount rule: metered natural-gas gross calorific energy attributable to drying
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Technology-specific (technology_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net finished reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_drying_energy
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003

Drying liquefied petroleum gas (drying_lpg)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Liquefied petroleum gas d54ae71a-1245-4e3f-b694-dbf2b22bbf7d
• Applicability: Use only when LPG is burned for drying heat.
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured liquefied-petroleum-gas mass attributable to drying
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Technology-specific (technology_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net finished reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_drying_energy
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003

Drying diesel oil (drying_diesel_oil)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Diesel oil 9d258d75-6792-4f1c-9856-81602ed8f816
• Applicability: Use only when diesel oil is burned for drying heat.
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured diesel-oil mass attributable to drying
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Technology-specific (technology_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net finished reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_drying_energy
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003

Drying fuel oil (drying_fuel_oil)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Heavy fuel oil
• Applicability: Use only when heavy fuel oil is burned for drying heat.
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured heavy-fuel-oil mass attributable to drying
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Technology-specific (technology_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net finished reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_drying_energy
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003

Drying wood pellets (drying_wood_pellets)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Wood pellets 4905586c-0722-4c91-923f-112215546a41
• Applicability: Use only when untreated wood pellets provide drying heat; smoking fuels remain excluded.
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured wood-pellet mass attributable to drying
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Technology-specific (technology_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net finished reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_drying_energy
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Outputs

Product flows

Dried fish fillets (dried_fillets)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Dried fish fillets
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured cooled and equilibrated dried-fillet mass
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per drying batch
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_drying_batch
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Water vapour released to air during drying (drying_water_vapour_to_air)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Water vapour, to air, unspecified fe0acd60-3ddc-11dd-ac04-0050c2490048
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: calculated by calc_drying_water_removed
• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net finished reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
• Collection protocol: cp_drying_batch
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003
• Range: Provisional drying-loss mass-balance screen
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 5
  • Unit: kg water/kg net finished product
  • Basis: broad screen spanning lightly dried and strongly dried fillets
  • Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Process: Finishing, packaging, and controlled storage (finishing_packaging_storage)

Inputs

Product flows

Cured fish fillets for packing (cured_fillets_to_packing)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Cured fish fillets
• Applicability: Use for salted or brined product not passing through drying.
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured cured-fillet mass transferred to packing
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per packing lot
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_packaging_batch
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003

Dried fish fillets for packing (dried_fillets_to_packing)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Dried fish fillets
• Applicability: Use for product passing through hygienic drying.
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured dried-fillet mass transferred to packing
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per packing lot
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_packaging_batch
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003

Retained food-grade brine for packed product (retained_food_grade_brine_to_packing)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Retained food-grade brine
• Applicability: Use only when the marketed fish fillets are sold in brine.
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured retained brine packed with the marketed product
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net finished reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_packaging_batch
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003

Polyethylene packaging film (packaging_polyethylene_film)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Polyethylene food-packaging film
• Applicability: Use only for a polyethylene-film pack.
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured polyethylene film issued minus unused film returned to inventory
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net finished reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_packaging_batch
• Sources: eu-pef-2021-2279

Corrugated-cardboard packaging (packaging_corrugated_cardboard)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Corrugated cardboard 8bde297e-98df-463f-bcb4-0db52bf6e0b5
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured corrugated-cardboard packaging issued minus unused packaging returned
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net finished reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_packaging_batch
• Sources: eu-pef-2021-2279

Glass-jar packaging (packaging_glass_jar)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Glass Jar eca48ea8-ab83-444f-98b2-15ab82570c80
• Applicability: Use only for a glass-jar pack.
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured glass-jar mass issued minus unused jars returned
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net finished reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_packaging_batch
• Sources: eu-pef-2021-2279

Steel food-can packaging (packaging_steel_food_can)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Steel food can f09b782f-b3db-4b1e-8473-597edcc5b6d7
• Applicability: Use only for a steel-can pack.
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured steel food-can mass issued minus unused cans returned
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net finished reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_packaging_batch
• Sources: eu-pef-2021-2279

Wood-pallet tertiary packaging (packaging_wood_pallet)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Wood pallet 4b49871e-95be-4e0c-9223-9902f9eaa763
• Applicability: Use only for non-returnable pallet consumption; model reusable pallet service separately.
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured non-returnable wood-pallet mass attributable to the lot
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net finished reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_packaging_batch
• Sources: eu-pef-2021-2279

Packaging and storage low-voltage grid electricity (packaging_grid_electricity_low_voltage)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Alternating-current electricity, below 1 kV, consumption mix 50657322-939c-4829-a87b-47c093bfa6a7
• Applicability: Use only for below-1-kV supply.
• Flow property / unit: Energy / kWh
• Amount rule: metered below-1-kV electricity allocated to packing and controlled storage
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net finished reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_packaging_energy
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003
• Range: Provisional packaging and storage electricity screen
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 5
  • Unit: kWh/kg net finished product
  • Basis: broad screen pending storage temperature, duration, climate, voltage, and equipment evidence
  • Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Packaging and storage medium-voltage grid electricity (packaging_grid_electricity_medium_voltage)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Alternating-current electricity, 1–35 kV, consumption mix 3d76981f-964a-4865-b588-0e067a2a1163
• Applicability: Use only for 1–35-kV supply.
• Flow property / unit: Energy / kWh
• Amount rule: metered 1–35-kV electricity allocated to packing and controlled storage
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net finished reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_packaging_energy
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003
• Range: Provisional packaging and storage electricity screen
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 5
  • Unit: kWh/kg net finished product
  • Basis: broad screen pending storage temperature, duration, climate, voltage, and equipment evidence
  • Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Outputs

Product flows

Reference finished fish fillets (reference_finished_fish_fillets)

This is the sole reference product output and excludes packaging mass and non-product transport ice.

• Selected flow: Fish fillets, dried, salted or in brine, but not smoked b41d734d-e255-404c-b6bb-b2c408f653c6
• Flow property / unit: Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66 / kg
• Amount rule: exactly 1 kg net finished product after normalization
• Value mode: Fixed value (fixed_value)
• Specificity: Not applicable (not_applicable)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net finished reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Method formula (method_formula)
• Sources: eu-pef-2021-2279
• Range: Reference-flow identity check
  • Range role: Allowed range (allowed_range)
  • Lower: 1
  • Upper: 1
  • Unit: kg
  • Basis: normalized reference product output
  • Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Method formula (method_formula)
  • Sources: eu-pef-2021-2279

Waste flows

Off-spec finished fish fillets (finishing_offspec_fish_fillets)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Off-spec finished fish fillets
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured off-spec finished-fillet mass by disposition
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net finished reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_packaging_batch
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003; eu-pef-2021-2279

Drained product brine (finishing_drained_product_brine)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Drained product brine
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured product brine drained and not returned to the marketed product
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net finished reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_packaging_batch
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003; eu-pef-2021-2279

Polyethylene packaging scrap (finishing_polyethylene_packaging_scrap)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Polyethylene packaging scrap
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured polyethylene packaging scrap and rejected-film mass by disposition
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net finished reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_packaging_batch
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003; eu-pef-2021-2279

Corrugated-cardboard packaging waste (finishing_corrugated_cardboard_waste)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Packaging waste, cardboard 72270223-04b1-4986-a546-94e5a0821317
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured corrugated-cardboard off-cut and rejected-packaging mass by disposition
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net finished reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_packaging_batch
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003; eu-pef-2021-2279

Broken or rejected glass jars (finishing_broken_glass_jars)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Broken or rejected glass jars
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured broken or rejected glass-jar mass by disposition
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net finished reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_packaging_batch
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003; eu-pef-2021-2279

Rejected steel food cans (finishing_rejected_steel_food_cans)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Rejected steel food cans
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured rejected steel food-can mass by disposition
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net finished reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_packaging_batch
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003; eu-pef-2021-2279

Rejected wood pallets (finishing_rejected_wood_pallets)

Record this atomic exchange separately when the stated applicability condition holds.

• Selected flow: Rejected wood pallets
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured rejected non-returnable wood-pallet mass by disposition
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net finished reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_packaging_batch
• Sources: codex-cxc-52-2003; eu-pef-2021-2279

Elementary flows

7. Allocation and Co-product Handling

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
allocation_avoid	multi-output foreground processes	First avoid allocation by subdividing independently metered receiving, preparation, curing, drying, packaging, storage, and residue-handling operations, or by expanding the system only when the substituted function is demonstrable and consistent with the study goal.	eu-pef-2021-2279
allocation_waste_co_product_status	fish trimmings, offal, recovered salt, and other outputs	Determine and document whether each non-reference output is waste, recyclable material, or co-product at the facility gate using its actual destination, legal status, and economic function; do not assign co-product credit to a waste flow without evidence.	eu-pef-2021-2279
allocation_physical_then_economic	unavoidable joint burdens	When subdivision or justified system expansion is not feasible, use a physical relation that reflects causality, such as measured mass, dry matter, or another documented process driver. If no defensible physical relation exists, use economic allocation based on contemporaneous net revenues and report the price period, currency, and sensitivity.	eu-pef-2021-2279
allocation_shared_utilities	shared refrigeration, water, sanitation, drying, and storage	Allocate shared measured utilities using a documented physical driver such as meter sub-reading, equipment operating time and rated load, mass throughput, storage mass-time, or dryer batch energy; do not use revenue allocation for utilities when a physical driver is available.	eu-pef-2021-2279
allocation_upstream_consistency	incoming fish and background datasets	Preserve the allocation method embedded in upstream fish-production or capture datasets, disclose it and any proxy mismatch, and do not reallocate upstream burdens inside the foreground processor model.	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_batch	receiving_cold_handling	incoming, accepted, and rejected fish mass	weighbridge or calibrated scale records; receiving inspection; supplier and lot records	lot_id; species; origin; supplier; incoming form; temperature; gross_mass; glaze_or_free_liquid; accepted_mass; rejected_mass; disposition	reconcile receiving tickets, calibrated weights, and inspection records by lot	kg; deg C	every lot	representative continuous 12-month period or all lots in a shorter declared campaign	all facilities in the declared dataset	sum mass by lot and normalize accepted, rejected, and final output through batch genealogy	calibration records; receiving logs; supplier specification; rejection disposition; temperature record
cp_receiving_energy	receiving_cold_handling	receipt, thawing-control, ice, and cold-holding utilities	electricity meter; ice invoice or production log; equipment log	meter_start; meter_end; ice_mass; equipment_hours; rated_load; lots_served	use submeter data first, otherwise documented equipment-hour allocation	kWh; kg	each lot or daily meter interval	same period as production inventory	all receiving and cold-holding equipment in scope	allocate shared utilities by measured equipment time, mass-time, or another documented physical driver	meter identity; invoice; equipment log; allocation worksheet
cp_preparation_batch	preparation_filleting	accepted input and prepared fillet output	calibrated batch weights and production records	batch_id; input_mass; prepared_fillet_mass; species; operations_performed; start_time; end_time	weigh drained input and output at consistent defined states	kg	every batch	same period as production inventory	all preparation lines in scope	sum paired batch input and output; retain route-specific yields	calibration; batch sheet; operator sign-off; state-definition record
cp_preparation_water_waste	preparation_filleting	processing water, solid residues, and wastewater	water meter; waste scales; discharge meter; destination records	water_in; recirculated_water; wastewater_out; residue_type; residue_mass; destination; pollutant_measurements	meter water and wastewater and weigh residue containers; use a documented balance only for missing discharge meter	kg; m3	daily or each batch	same period as production inventory	all preparation and sanitation operations attributable to the line	aggregate by stream and destination; avoid double counting recirculated water	meter records; scale calibration; waste transfer note; laboratory report
cp_salting_batch	salting_curing	fillets, salt, brine water, cured output, and product condition	batch recipe; calibrated scales; tank records; salinometer or laboratory records	batch_id; fillet_input; salt_added; water_added; brine_reused; brine_concentration; curing_time; temperature; cured_mass; retained_brine; moisture_or_salt_result	reconcile issued materials, measured tank additions, drained output, and product tests	kg; hours; deg C; concentration as declared	every batch	same period as production inventory	every salting or brining route in scope	calculate route-specific totals; report fresh and reused brine separately	recipe authorization; calibration; salinometer or laboratory record; time-temperature log
cp_salting_energy_waste	salting_curing	curing utilities, spent brine, purge, and discarded salt	electricity meter; equipment log; tank discharge and waste records	electricity; pump_hours; cooling_hours; spent_brine_mass_or_volume; purge; discarded_salt; destination	meter utilities and weigh or meter each discharged stream	kWh; kg; m3	each batch or daily interval	same period as production inventory	all curing tanks, pumps, and cooling equipment in scope	allocate shared utilities physically and aggregate wastes by destination	meter identity; tank record; waste transfer note; discharge record
cp_drying_batch	hygienic_drying	dryer input, output, moisture, water activity, and calculated water removed	calibrated scales; moisture or water-activity test; dryer batch record	batch_id; input_mass; output_mass; inlet_moisture_basis; inlet_moisture; outlet_moisture_basis; outlet_moisture; water_activity; time; temperature; humidity; airflow	pair cooled, equilibrated mass measurements with identified laboratory or instrument methods	kg; percent or kg/kg; dimensionless; hours; deg C	every drying batch	same period as production inventory	every drying technology in scope	calculate water removed with calc_drying_water_removed; aggregate only compatible moisture bases	scale calibration; instrument calibration; laboratory method; dryer log
cp_drying_energy	hygienic_drying	electricity and fuel	electricity meter; fuel meter or invoice; dryer control log	electricity; fuel_quantity; fuel_unit; energy_factor; batch_id; shared_batches	use direct batch metering first; otherwise allocate from documented operating time and load	kWh; MJ; native fuel unit	every batch or meter interval	same period as production inventory	all dryers and ancillary equipment in scope	convert units explicitly and allocate shared energy by batch operating time and load	meter; invoice; fuel factor source; allocation worksheet
cp_packaging_batch	finishing_packaging_storage	processed input, retained brine, packaging, final product, and finishing waste	line batch record; calibrated scales; packaging issue record	lot_id; processed_input; retained_brine; packaging_by_material; net_product; reject_product; packaging_waste; units_packed	reconcile product and packaging issued, returned, packed, and rejected	kg; item count	every lot	same period as production inventory	all packaging formats and lines in scope	aggregate separately by packaging material and product format; normalize net edible product to 1 kg	calibration; packaging bill of materials; issue-return record; packed-unit weight check
cp_packaging_energy	finishing_packaging_storage	packaging-line and storage electricity	meter; equipment log; storage inventory	meter_start; meter_end; equipment_hours; storage_mass; storage_days; temperature_setpoint; lots_served	submeter directly or allocate shared energy by documented line time and storage mass-time	kWh; kg-day	daily or meter interval	same period as production inventory	all packaging and processor-gate storage equipment in scope	allocate packaging by operating time and storage by mass-time within temperature zone	meter identity; equipment log; storage record; allocation worksheet

Calculation Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Formula or rule	Inputs	Output	source_ids
calc_reference_normalization	all foreground inventory	normalized amount = reporting-period amount divided by reporting-period net reference product mass	flow amount; net reference product mass	amount per 1 kg net finished product	eu-pef-2021-2279
calc_receiving_acceptance	receiving	accepted mass = received gross mass minus separately measured rejected mass, separated glaze or free liquid, and other excluded receipt components	gross mass; rejected mass; excluded free liquid or glaze	accepted fish material	codex-cxc-52-2003
calc_brine_balance	salting and curing	fresh brine inputs + reused brine inputs = retained brine in product + reused brine returned + spent brine and purge + measured or disclosed balance difference	salt; water; incoming reused brine; retained brine; returned brine; discharge	brine mass-balance reconciliation	codex-cxc-52-2003
calc_drying_water_removed	hygienic drying	water removed = inlet wet mass multiplied by inlet moisture fraction minus outlet wet mass multiplied by outlet moisture fraction, using the same declared moisture basis	inlet mass; inlet moisture; outlet mass; outlet moisture; moisture basis	kg water removed	codex-cxc-52-2003
calc_shared_utility_allocation	shared utilities	allocated utility = measured shared total multiplied by the lot physical driver divided by the sum of physical drivers for all lots served	shared total; lot driver; total drivers	utility amount attributable to the lot	eu-pef-2021-2279

Data Quality Requirements

requirement_id	Applies to	Requirement	Evidence
dq_identity_traceability	product and raw-material identity	Preserve lot linkage from received fish through final packed product, including species or species group, origin, supplier, capture or aquaculture status, incoming state, processing route, and product disposition.	supplier specification; receiving record; batch genealogy; final lot code; codex-cxc-52-2003
dq_measurement_control	mass, water, energy, time, temperature, salinity, moisture, and water activity	Use calibrated or verified instruments appropriate to the measurement; retain calibration status, reading frequency, missing-data treatment, unit conversion, and the wet/dry/water-phase basis of analytical results.	calibration certificate; meter log; laboratory method; calculation worksheet; codex-cxc-52-2003
dq_temporal_representativeness	reporting period	Use a representative continuous 12-month period where feasible, or disclose a shorter campaign and seasonality; align numerator and denominator periods and explain shutdowns, atypical lots, and missing periods.	production calendar; meter coverage; batch count; representativeness assessment; eu-pef-2021-2279
dq_completeness_balance	material and utility inventory	Reconcile received fish, prepared and cured intermediates, final product, retained brine, residues, wastewater, salt, water, and major energy across compatible batch boundaries; investigate unexplained differences instead of forcing closure.	batch mass-balance report; brine balance; utility reconciliation; exception log
dq_food_safety_control	product-specific processing	Retain the applicable hazard analysis and monitored controls for raw-material suitability, parasites and histamine where relevant, time-temperature conditions, potable water, food-grade salt, brine concentration, hygienic drying, contamination prevention, packaging, and storage.	HACCP or equivalent plan; control-point logs; corrective actions; laboratory tests; codex-cxc-52-2003; codex-cxs-190-1995
dq_background_proxies	upstream datasets	Document provider, dataset version outside PCR UUID fields, geography, technology, time period, allocation method, and known proxy limitations for incoming fish, utilities, salt, water, packaging, treatment, and transport.	source register; proxy justification; data-quality rating; eu-pef-2021-2279
dq_estimate_replacement	provisional QA ranges	Treat every reasoned_estimate interval as a replaceable screening flag, not as a default foreground value or industry benchmark; review it against collected data and replace or approve it before publication.	review record; collected distribution; source update

9. Validation Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
validation_reference_flow	reference product	Verify exactly one reference product output with UUID b41d734d-e255-404c-b6bb-b2c408f653c6, Mass property 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66, unit-group UUID 93a60a57-a4c8-11da-a746-0800200c9a66, unit kg, and normalized amount 1; packaging and non-product ice must not be included in that mass.	eu-pef-2021-2279
validation_scope_exclusions	product category identity	Fail category conformance when smoking, smoke flavouring, or smoke drying is used, or when the output is not an edible fish fillet preserved by drying, salting, or brining.	codex-cxc-52-2003
validation_qualifiers	dataset metadata	Verify all required qualifiers are present and consistent with process records, especially species, origin, incoming state, on-site filleting, salting route, drying state, final brine treatment, packaging, and storage conditions.	codex-cxc-52-2003
validation_process_coverage	process inventory	Verify both required processes and every applicable conditional process have inventory rows, batch records, utilities, outputs, wastes, and direct emissions or discharges; an unperformed conditional process must be explicitly declared not applicable.	codex-cxc-52-2003; eu-pef-2021-2279
validation_mass_brine_balance	batch calculations	Check compatible-state mass balances for receiving, preparation, curing, drying, and packing, plus a separate brine balance; flag missing streams, inconsistent moisture bases, double-counted reused brine, and unexplained differences.	codex-cxc-52-2003
validation_food_safety_evidence	process controls	Verify product-specific food-safety evidence supports incoming material, time-temperature control, potable water, food-grade salt, brine concentration when applicable, hygienic drying, packaging, and storage; do not infer compliance from a broad QA range.	codex-cxc-52-2003; codex-cxs-190-1995
validation_allocation	multi-output and shared processes	Verify subdivision was attempted first, every non-reference output is classified by actual status and destination, the selected physical or economic allocation method is documented, shared utilities use a physical driver where available, and upstream allocation is disclosed.	eu-pef-2021-2279
validation_data_quality	foreground and background evidence	Verify instrument control, temporal and site coverage, numerator-denominator alignment, batch traceability, completeness reconciliation, background proxy metadata, and estimate-replacement review are present; report missing dimensions as validation findings.	eu-pef-2021-2279
validation_uuid_review	non-reference inventory flows	Before publication, require exact Tiangong identity review for every non-reference flow represented by a UUID; never substitute an approximate or semantically incorrect flow merely to fill an identity field.

10. Published Dataset Profile

Field	Value
dataset_role	Gate-to-gate foreground production dataset for finished dried, salted, or brined fish fillets not smoked
downstream_use	secondary_dataset; background_dataset after methodology review and publication
allowed_use	Product-specific process modelling when required qualifiers, foreground records, upstream links, allocation, food-safety control evidence, and data-quality disclosures are present
excluded_use	Smoked or smoke-flavoured fish; whole or minced fish; fish livers or roes; frozen-only fillets; substitution for capture or aquaculture production; use of provisional reasoned estimates as verified industry averages
required_metadata	canonical PCR id; reference-flow UUID and unit support; species and origin; raw-material state; salting and drying route; product moisture or water-activity control; retained-brine treatment; packaging; facility geography; reporting period; storage conditions; process coverage; allocation method; upstream dataset identities
required_quality_disclosure	measurement and calibration coverage; batch and temporal completeness; mass and brine reconciliation; HACCP or equivalent control evidence; proxy geography, technology, age, and allocation; cut-offs; missing UUIDs; provisional estimates; uncertainty and known limitations
update_trigger	Change in species mix, source fishery or aquaculture system, raw-material state, filleting yield, salting or brining technology, drying technology or fuel, product moisture specification, packaging, storage regime, co-product destination, allocation, facility geography, or evidence that materially changes the inventory