Meat of Cattle, Fresh or Chilled

1. Scope and Applicability

This PCR applies to foreground data packages for cattle meat leaving the producing facility fresh or chilled. The normal boundary starts with live cattle accepted at the slaughter facility gate and ends with saleable meat at the producing facility gate after slaughter and dressing and, when applicable, chilling, cutting or deboning, packaging, and cold holding.

Covered products are cattle carcass meat and saleable bone-in or boneless cuts in a declared fresh or chilled state. Excluded reference products are live cattle, buffalo meat, edible offal, hides, rendered products, frozen cattle meat, prepared or preserved cattle meat, and retail or food-service products. Cattle raising and inbound transport are upstream; post-gate distribution is downstream.

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.meat-of-cattle-fresh-or-chilled
classification_refs	CPC 3.0: 21111, Meat of cattle, fresh or chilled, exact
covered_products	Fresh or chilled cattle carcass meat and saleable bone-in or boneless cattle-meat cuts
excluded_products	Live cattle; buffalo meat; edible offal as reference product; hides; rendered products; frozen, prepared, or preserved cattle meat; post-gate distribution
representative_product	Chilled saleable beef cut at the producing facility gate
production_route	Accepted live cattle; slaughter and dressing; conditional chilling; conditional cutting or deboning; conditional packaging and cold holding
market_state	Fresh or chilled, with product form, grade, bone status, packaging state, and dispatch temperature declared

3. Reference Flow

Field	Value
What	Saleable cattle meat at the producing facility gate in the declared fresh or chilled state
How much	1 kg net product mass, excluding packaging
How well	Declared product form, cattle class where known, intended-use grade, bone status, packaging state, thermal state, dispatch temperature, and included route
How long or cycle	One production batch or campaign normalized to 1 kg; coverage represents the declared reporting period
reference_flow_link	Final saleable cattle-meat output of the selected foreground route

Field	Value
Reference amount	1 kg
Reference product flow	Beef 06f53118-716c-472d-b6f2-c5924840395c
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	fresh or chilled state; product form or cut; cattle class where known; intended-use grade; bone status; net mass basis; packaging state; dispatch temperature; facility gate; included route; reporting period

The selected Tiangong flow supplies identity only. Every foreground package must declare the required qualifiers rather than inherit an undeclared database route qualifier.

4. Measurement and Unit Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Required property	Required unit	Rule
reference_net_mass	reference output	Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66	kg	Measure saleable net product mass after subtracting packaging and non-saleable material; normalize the selected route output to 1 kg.
market_state_temperature	reference product and intermediates	Temperature and time record	°C and time unit	Declare fresh or chilled state, dispatch temperature, holding duration, and measurement point.
live_cattle_mass	live-cattle input	Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66	kg live mass	Prefer calibrated live-mass records; convert head count only with a batch-specific measured average and retain the calculation.
energy_units	electricity, heat, and fuels	Applicable energy property	kWh or MJ	Preserve source units and conversion factors; report electricity separately from thermal energy and fuels.
water_units	process and cleaning water	Mass or volume	kg or m3	Preserve the measured unit and record any density-based conversion.
packaging_mass	packaging	Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66	kg	Record each packaging material separately and outside the 1 kg net product mass.
material_balance_units	cattle, meat, co-products, wastes, and losses	Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66	kg	Reconcile mass terms on a common wet-mass basis unless another basis is declared and converted.

5. System Boundary

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
boundary_gate_to_gate	foreground route	Start with accepted live cattle at the slaughter facility gate and end with saleable fresh or chilled cattle meat at the producing facility gate. Link cattle raising and inbound transport as upstream datasets when included downstream.	tiangong-beef-slaughter-process
boundary_required_and_conditional_stages	process inclusion	Include slaughter and dressing. Include chilling, cutting or deboning, packaging, and cold holding whenever they occur before the declared product leaves the producing facility.	tiangong-beef-slaughter-process
boundary_utilities_and_releases	included operations	Include attributable water, electricity, heat or fuels, sanitation chemicals, refrigerant make-up, packaging, wastewater, treatment-bound residues, and direct releases.
boundary_capital_goods	infrastructure	Exclude capital goods by default; report any included infrastructure as a separate scope extension.
boundary_same_category_input	fresh or chilled cattle-meat input	Record a same-category intermediate once and link it to its upstream conforming process or dataset; do not recursively recreate upstream inventory.
boundary_transport	transport	Exclude post-gate distribution; include and disclose inter-site transport between included foreground facilities.

Boundary Abstraction

Field	Value
declared_starting_condition	Live cattle accepted at the slaughter facility gate, with live mass, cattle class where known, supplier or origin, time, and inbound holding declared
starting_condition_role	Upstream anchor for the slaughter-and-dressing foreground route
product_classification_scope	CPC 3.0 code 21111, limited to cattle meat leaving the facility fresh or chilled
recursive_input_rule	Record incoming fresh or chilled cattle meat as a linked same-category product input and do not expand it recursively within the receiving process
upstream_dataset_requirement	Link live cattle to an applicable cattle-production dataset and disclose production system, live-mass basis, geography, time, and inbound transport treatment
disclosure	Declare starting gate, product qualifiers, included stages, inter-site movements, and every extension or exclusion

6. Process Inventory Structure

Process Map

process_id	process_name	inclusion	inclusion_condition	role	quantitative_reference
slaughter_dressing	Cattle reception, slaughter, and dressing	required	Always included for a live-cattle starting condition	Foreground conversion and multi-output separation	Per 1 kg saleable cattle-meat output
chilling_cold_holding	Chilling and cold holding	conditional	Include for chilled product or controlled cooling or holding before dispatch	Temperature conditioning	Per 1 kg chilled cattle-meat output
cutting_packaging	Cutting, deboning, packaging, and packaged holding	conditional	Include when any listed operation occurs before dispatch	Product-form conversion and dispatch preparation	Per 1 kg net saleable output

Process: Cattle reception, slaughter, and dressing (slaughter_dressing)

Inputs

Product flows

Accepted live cattle (accepted_live_cattle)

Accepted live cattle anchor the slaughter-stage mass balance.

• Selected flow: Cow aba9fdf6-b7e4-45cc-a0dd-034cec2b4fc0
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg live mass
• Amount rule: Batch-accepted live mass
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg saleable meat output
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_slaughter_mass_outputs
• Sources:
• Range: Provisional live-mass screen
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 1
  • Upper: 5
  • Unit: kg live mass/kg meat
  • Basis: accepted live mass per 1 kg saleable meat
  • Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Process and sanitation water (slaughter_water)

Record supplied water net of documented internal recirculation.

• Selected flow: Process Water 94a04f7e-2d5c-41f0-b182-d54a3b373a02
• Flow property / unit: Mass or volume / kg or m3
• Amount rule: Metered or invoiced net supplied water
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg saleable meat output
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_slaughter_utilities
• Sources:
• Range: Provisional water screen
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 50
  • Unit: kg water/kg meat
  • Basis: net supplied water per 1 kg saleable meat
  • Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Slaughter electricity (slaughter_electricity)

Record electricity attributable to reception, slaughter, dressing, pumping, ventilation, and sanitation.

• Selected flow: Electricity, medium voltage 460ac059-9bff-49b1-9d19-503be31bd127
• Flow property / unit: Energy / kWh or MJ
• Amount rule: Metered attributable electricity
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg saleable meat output
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_slaughter_utilities
• Sources:
• Range: Provisional electricity screen
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 20
  • Unit: MJ/kg meat
  • Basis: electricity per 1 kg saleable meat
  • Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Slaughter heat or fuel (slaughter_heat)

Record purchased heat or each on-site fuel separately.

• Selected flow: Heat 260672cc-62f0-48c3-b09e-22e71519be74
• Flow property / unit: Energy / MJ
• Amount rule: Metered heat or calculated net fuel energy
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg saleable meat output
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_slaughter_utilities
• Sources:
• Range: Provisional thermal-energy screen
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 30
  • Unit: MJ/kg meat
  • Basis: heat or fuel energy per 1 kg saleable meat
  • Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Outputs

Product flows

Saleable cattle meat (slaughter_meat_output)

Record the saleable fresh or chilled output and link any downstream on-site process to it.

• Selected flow: Beef 06f53118-716c-472d-b6f2-c5924840395c
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: 1 kg normalized output
• Value mode: Fixed value (fixed_value)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: declared reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Method formula (method_formula)
• Collection protocol:
• Sources: mass-balance-identity
• Range: Reference-flow identity
  • Range role: Allowed range (allowed_range)
  • Lower: 1
  • Upper: 1
  • Unit: kg
  • Basis: declared reference flow
  • Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Method formula (method_formula)
  • Sources: mass-balance-identity

Raw bovine hides (raw_hides_output)

Record hides as product only with beneficial-use disposition evidence.

• Selected flow: Rawhide 440c2098-2f4e-4632-9dcf-32329bcbe4de
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg wet hide
• Amount rule: Measured product mass
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg saleable meat output
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_slaughter_mass_outputs
• Sources:
• Range: Provisional raw-hide screen
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 1
  • Unit: kg wet hide/kg meat
  • Basis: raw hide per 1 kg saleable meat
  • Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Edible cattle offal (edible_offal_output)

Record edible offal separately when transferred as product.

• Selected flow: Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen a6673976-2ef4-4502-b9f5-bbc57099bb40
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Measured product mass
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg saleable meat output
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_slaughter_mass_outputs
• Sources:
• Range: Provisional edible-offal screen
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 1
  • Unit: kg offal/kg meat
  • Basis: edible offal per 1 kg saleable meat
  • Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Waste flows

Slaughterhouse wastewater (slaughter_wastewater)

Use a matching waste identity when available; do not substitute an unrelated wastewater UUID.

• Selected flow: Slaughterhouse wastewater sent to treatment
• Flow property / unit: Mass or volume / kg or m3
• Amount rule: Metered discharge net of recirculation
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg saleable meat output
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_slaughter_wastes
• Sources:
• Range: Provisional wastewater screen
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 50
  • Unit: kg wastewater/kg meat
  • Basis: discharge per 1 kg saleable meat
  • Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Inedible animal material (inedible_animal_material)

Record treatment-bound blood, bone, condemned material, and inedible residues by actual route.

• Selected flow: Inedible animal material sent to treatment
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Measured mass by material and route
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg saleable meat output
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_slaughter_wastes
• Sources:
• Range: Provisional residue screen
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 3
  • Unit: kg waste/kg meat
  • Basis: treatment-bound animal material per 1 kg saleable meat
  • Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Elementary flows

Direct releases from on-site fuel use (slaughter_direct_releases)

Record each emitted elementary flow separately from fuel consumption.

• Selected flow: Select each applicable elementary flow to air
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg emitted substance
• Amount rule: Collected fuel quantity times an applicable documented factor, or direct measurement
• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg saleable meat output
• Basis kind: Fuel inventory (fuel_inventory)
• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
• Collection protocol: cp_slaughter_direct_releases
• Sources:
• Range: Provisional per-substance release screen
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 10
  • Unit: kg emitted substance/kg meat
  • Basis: each direct release per 1 kg saleable meat
  • Basis kind: Fuel inventory (fuel_inventory)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Process: Chilling and cold holding (chilling_cold_holding)

Inputs

Product flows

Cattle-meat input to chilling (chilling_meat_input)

Link this input to the upstream slaughter output.

• Selected flow: Beef 06f53118-716c-472d-b6f2-c5924840395c
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Measured incoming mass
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg chilled output
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_chilling_mass_energy
• Sources:
• Range: Provisional chilling yield screen
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 1
  • Upper: 1.2
  • Unit: kg input/kg chilled output
  • Basis: input mass per 1 kg chilled output
  • Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Chilling electricity (chilling_electricity)

Record refrigeration, fan, pump, and cold-room electricity.

• Selected flow: Electricity, medium voltage 460ac059-9bff-49b1-9d19-503be31bd127
• Flow property / unit: Energy / kWh or MJ
• Amount rule: Metered attributable electricity
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg chilled output
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_chilling_mass_energy
• Sources:
• Range: Provisional chilling electricity screen
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 20
  • Unit: MJ/kg chilled output
  • Basis: electricity per 1 kg chilled output
  • Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Refrigerant make-up (chilling_refrigerant_makeup)

Record the actual refrigerant type and equipment-specific net make-up.

• Selected flow: Refrigerant, R134a 210b4222-adda-4097-9e79-f2c9a6c172e4
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg refrigerant
• Amount rule: Opening plus purchases minus closing, transfers, and recovery
• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
• Specificity: Technology-specific (technology_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg chilled output
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
• Collection protocol: cp_chilling_refrigerant
• Sources:
• Range: Provisional refrigerant screen
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 0.05
  • Unit: kg refrigerant/kg chilled output
  • Basis: net make-up per 1 kg chilled output
  • Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Outputs

Product flows

Chilled cattle meat (chilled_meat_output)

Record product mass and exit temperature.

• Selected flow: Beef 06f53118-716c-472d-b6f2-c5924840395c
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: 1 kg normalized chilled output
• Value mode: Fixed value (fixed_value)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: chilling-process output
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Method formula (method_formula)
• Collection protocol:
• Sources: mass-balance-identity
• Range: Chilling output identity
  • Range role: Allowed range (allowed_range)
  • Lower: 1
  • Upper: 1
  • Unit: kg
  • Basis: chilling-process output
  • Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
  • Evidence kind: Method formula (method_formula)
  • Sources: mass-balance-identity

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Refrigerant released to air (chilling_refrigerant_release)

Report unrecovered equipment-specific loss and exclude recovered refrigerant.

• Selected flow: Select applicable refrigerant elementary flow to air
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg refrigerant
• Amount rule: Net unrecovered refrigerant loss
• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
• Specificity: Technology-specific (technology_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg chilled output
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
• Collection protocol: cp_chilling_refrigerant
• Sources:
• Range: Provisional refrigerant-release screen
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 0.05
  • Unit: kg refrigerant/kg chilled output
  • Basis: release per 1 kg chilled output
  • Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Process: Cutting, deboning, packaging, and packaged holding (cutting_packaging)

Inputs

Product flows

Cattle-meat input to cutting or packaging (cutting_meat_input)

Link the same-category input to the upstream process.

• Selected flow: Beef 06f53118-716c-472d-b6f2-c5924840395c
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Measured incoming mass
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net saleable output
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_cutting_packaging_outputs
• Sources:
• Range: Provisional conversion-yield screen
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 1
  • Upper: 3
  • Unit: kg input/kg net output
  • Basis: meat input per 1 kg net saleable output
  • Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Cutting and packaging electricity (cutting_packaging_electricity)

Record electricity for cutting, packaging, room conditioning, and packaged holding.

• Selected flow: Electricity, medium voltage 460ac059-9bff-49b1-9d19-503be31bd127
• Flow property / unit: Energy / kWh or MJ
• Amount rule: Metered attributable electricity
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net saleable output
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_cutting_packaging_utilities
• Sources:
• Range: Provisional electricity screen
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 15
  • Unit: MJ/kg net output
  • Basis: electricity per 1 kg net saleable output
  • Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Cutting-room water (cutting_water)

Record process and sanitation water.

• Selected flow: Process Water 94a04f7e-2d5c-41f0-b182-d54a3b373a02
• Flow property / unit: Mass or volume / kg or m3
• Amount rule: Metered net supplied water
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net saleable output
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_cutting_packaging_utilities
• Sources:
• Range: Provisional cutting-water screen
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 20
  • Unit: kg water/kg net output
  • Basis: supplied water per 1 kg net saleable output
  • Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Primary plastic packaging (primary_packaging)

Record actual primary packaging by material.

• Selected flow: Polyethylene film e64eb06c-6dc9-45f1-b003-3dc6c44b27e2
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Issued mass minus verified unused returns
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net saleable output
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_cutting_packaging_outputs
• Sources:
• Range: Provisional packaging screen
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 0.2
  • Unit: kg packaging/kg net output
  • Basis: primary packaging per 1 kg net saleable output
  • Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Corrugated secondary packaging (secondary_packaging)

Record cardboard that leaves the facility with the product.

• Selected flow: Corrugated cardboard 8bde297e-98df-463f-bcb4-0db52bf6e0b5
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Issued mass minus verified unused returns
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net saleable output
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_cutting_packaging_outputs
• Sources:
• Range: Provisional cardboard screen
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 0.3
  • Unit: kg packaging/kg net output
  • Basis: cardboard per 1 kg net saleable output
  • Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Outputs

Product flows

Saleable fresh or chilled cattle meat (final_meat_output)

Record net product separately from packaging.

• Selected flow: Beef 06f53118-716c-472d-b6f2-c5924840395c
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg net product
• Amount rule: 1 kg normalized net output
• Value mode: Fixed value (fixed_value)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: declared reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Method formula (method_formula)
• Collection protocol:
• Sources: mass-balance-identity
• Range: Reference-flow identity
  • Range role: Allowed range (allowed_range)
  • Lower: 1
  • Upper: 1
  • Unit: kg net product
  • Basis: declared reference flow
  • Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Method formula (method_formula)
  • Sources: mass-balance-identity

Saleable trim and recovered fat (cutting_coproducts)

Record each beneficially used co-product separately.

• Selected flow: Tallow 74260d26-09ba-4d24-93bd-c7687c2f2511
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Measured mass by actual product identity
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net saleable output
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_cutting_packaging_outputs
• Sources:

Waste flows

Cutting and packaging residues (cutting_packaging_waste)

Record treatment-bound trim, bone, condemned material, and packaging scrap by route.

• Selected flow: Cutting and packaging residues sent to treatment
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Measured mass by material and treatment route
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net saleable output
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_cutting_packaging_outputs
• Sources:
• Range: Provisional residue screen
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 2
  • Unit: kg waste/kg net output
  • Basis: treatment-bound residue per 1 kg net saleable output
  • Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Cutting-room wastewater (cutting_wastewater)

Record discharge net of recirculation.

• Selected flow: Cutting-room wastewater sent to treatment
• Flow property / unit: Mass or volume / kg or m3
• Amount rule: Metered discharge
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net saleable output
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_cutting_packaging_utilities
• Sources:
• Range: Provisional wastewater screen
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 20
  • Unit: kg wastewater/kg net output
  • Basis: discharge per 1 kg net saleable output
  • Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Elementary flows

Cold-holding refrigerant released to air (packaged_refrigerant_release)

Report equipment-specific loss once and exclude recovered refrigerant.

• Selected flow: Select applicable refrigerant elementary flow to air
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg refrigerant
• Amount rule: Net unrecovered refrigerant loss
• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
• Specificity: Technology-specific (technology_specific)
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg net saleable output
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
• Collection protocol: cp_packaged_refrigerant
• Sources:
• Range: Provisional refrigerant-release screen
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 0.05
  • Unit: kg refrigerant/kg net output
  • Basis: release per 1 kg net saleable output
  • Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

7. Allocation and Co-product Handling

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
allocation_preserve_multi_output	slaughter, dressing, cutting, and trimming	Preserve cattle meat, hides, edible offal, recovered fat, and other transferred co-products as measured outputs; do not pre-allocate the core foreground inventory.	mass-balance-identity
allocation_subdivide_first	separable downstream operations	Subdivide independently measured chilling, cutting, packaging, holding, and treatment operations before considering allocation.
allocation_product_waste_status	residual materials	Treat a material as product only when reporting-period records prove beneficial-use transfer; otherwise report it by actual waste treatment route.
allocation_single_output_projection	downstream study	Apply any study-specific single-output allocation outside the unallocated core dataset and disclose method, formula, co-products, factor inputs, time and geography, and sensitivity.
allocation_no_avoided_burden_default	co-products and wastes	Do not apply avoided-product or avoided-treatment credits by default; declare them only as a separate consequential extension.

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_slaughter_mass_outputs	slaughter_dressing	live cattle, meat, hides, offal, and co-products	scale and production/dispatch log	batch_id; cattle_class; head_count; live_mass; output_id; output_mass; destination; time	Export calibrated batch scale and disposition records	kg and count	Each batch or dispatch	Full reporting period	Every included receiving and output point	Sum by batch and disposition; normalize to saleable meat	Calibration; batch reconciliation; destination evidence
cp_slaughter_utilities	slaughter_dressing	water, electricity, heat or fuel	meter, invoice, and stock record	meter_id; opening; closing; quantity; unit; fuel_ncv; allocation_basis	Use dedicated meters or documented physical allocation	kg; m3; kWh; MJ	Meter interval, aggregated monthly	Full reporting period	Included slaughter and sanitation systems	Net consumption normalized to output	Calibration; invoice and stock reconciliation
cp_slaughter_wastes	slaughter_dressing	wastewater and animal residues	effluent meter, waste scale, manifest	stream_id; mass_or_volume; recirculation; route; manifest_id	Meter discharge and weigh solids by route	kg or m3	Continuous or each dispatch	Full reporting period	All discharge and transfer points	Subtract recirculation; sum by route; normalize	Calibration; manifests; treatment receipts
cp_slaughter_direct_releases	slaughter_dressing	direct fuel emissions	fuel record, factor record, or measurement	fuel_id; quantity; pollutant_id; factor; factor_unit; factor_source; measured_release	Calculate each pollutant from collected fuel or measure directly	kg substance	Each fuel period or monitoring event	Full reporting period	On-site combustion in scope	Sum each elementary flow separately and normalize	Fuel reconciliation; factor citation; monitoring report
cp_chilling_mass_energy	chilling_cold_holding	meat, temperature, time, and electricity	scale, temperature, time, and meter record	batch_id; input_mass; output_mass; entry_temp; exit_temp; entry_time; exit_time; electricity	Link batches to calibrated records and meters	kg; °C; time; kWh	Each batch and meter interval	Full reporting period and holding duration	Included chillers and cold rooms	Normalize linked mass and energy to chilled output	Calibration; batch linkage; meter reconciliation
cp_chilling_refrigerant	chilling_cold_holding	refrigerant make-up and release	inventory and service record	type; opening; purchases; additions; closing; transfers; recovery; equipment_id	Equipment-specific inventory balance	kg refrigerant	Each service and period close	Full reporting period	Chilling equipment only	Calculate net unrecovered loss once per equipment	Purchases; service logs; recovery certificates
cp_cutting_packaging_outputs	cutting_packaging	meat, packaging, co-products, and residues	scale, bill of materials, stock, and disposition record	batch_id; meat_input; product_output; material_id; opening; receipts; issues; returns; closing; scrap; destination	Reconcile scales and stock movements by batch/material	kg	Each batch and stock period	Full reporting period	Included cutting and packaging lines	Sum by identity and disposition; normalize to net output	Calibration; stock and mass reconciliation
cp_cutting_packaging_utilities	cutting_packaging	electricity, water, and wastewater	meter and invoice record	meter_id; opening; closing; unit; allocation_basis; discharge; recirculation	Use dedicated meters or documented shared-load allocation	kg; m3; kWh; MJ	Meter interval, aggregated monthly	Full reporting period	Included operations and sanitation	Net supply/discharge normalized to net output	Calibration; invoice reconciliation; allocation worksheet
cp_packaged_refrigerant	cutting_packaging	packaged-holding refrigerant release	inventory and service record	type; opening; purchases; additions; closing; transfers; recovery; equipment_id	Balance only equipment not assigned to chilling	kg refrigerant	Each service and period close	Full reporting period	Packaged cold holding	Calculate net unrecovered loss once per equipment	Service logs; recovery certificates; scope reconciliation

Calculation Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Formula or rule	Inputs	Output	source_ids
calc_normalized_amount	each row	Normalized amount = reporting-period flow quantity / quantitative-reference output mass	flow quantity; output mass	amount per kg output	mass-balance-identity
calc_live_to_meat_ratio	slaughter yield	Accepted live mass / saleable cattle-meat mass	live mass; meat mass	kg live mass/kg meat	mass-balance-identity
calc_mass_balance	each transforming process	Unexplained difference = mass inputs - product outputs - waste outputs - measured mass releases; disclose moisture or evaporation separately	mass inputs; products; wastes; releases	mass-balance statement	mass-balance-identity
calc_energy_conversion	energy	Convert with documented factors while preserving original unit and carrier	quantity; unit; factor	kWh or MJ by carrier
calc_refrigerant_loss	refrigeration	Opening + purchases + additions - closing - transfers - recovered quantity	stock and service fields	kg unrecovered refrigerant	mass-balance-identity
calc_packaging_consumption	packaging	Opening + receipts - closing - unused returns; report scrap and shipped packaging separately	stock and output fields	kg consumed, scrapped, and shipped	mass-balance-identity

Data Quality Requirements

requirement_id	Applies to	Requirement	Evidence
dq_identity	reference product	Resolve to CPC 3.0 code 21111 and declare every required qualifier.	Classification and product records
dq_measurement	measured fields	Identify calibrated instrument, unit, interval, conversion, and shared-load allocation.	Calibration and calculation records
dq_temporal	reporting period	Cover the full period or campaign, including abnormal batches and seasonal holding effects, or justify exclusions.	Production calendar and coverage check
dq_site_scope	facilities	Identify included facilities, lines, cold rooms, inter-site transfers, and shared utilities.	Site and equipment records
dq_completeness	inventory	Reconcile inputs, products, co-products, wastes, utilities, and releases and disclose omissions.	Process map and reconciliation
dq_disposition	products and wastes	Support product-versus-waste status with period-specific destination evidence.	Transfer record or waste manifest
dq_traceability	calculated values	Preserve raw fields, formula, factor identity, conversion, reviewer, and protocol link.	Calculation audit trail

9. Validation Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
validation_identity	product category	Fail when the reference product is not cattle meat in the declared fresh or chilled state or is an excluded product.	unsd-cpc-3-21111
validation_reference_flow	reference flow	Require 1 kg net product using the declared Beef, Mass, Units of mass, and kg identities; packaging mass is separate.
validation_qualifiers	metadata	Require thermal state, product form, cattle class where known, grade, bone status, packaging state, temperature, gate, route, and period.
validation_boundary	system boundary	Require live cattle at the slaughter gate unless a downstream process explicitly uses a linked same-category input.
validation_processes	process map	Require slaughter and dressing and every conditional process whose condition occurred.	tiangong-beef-slaughter-process
validation_recursive_input	same-category input	Require one upstream link and prohibit recursive duplication.
validation_mass_balance	each process	Require measured inputs, products, co-products, wastes, and releases to reconcile and explain every non-zero difference.	mass-balance-identity
validation_multi_output	allocation	Require explicit co-product outputs and reject allocation factors embedded in core foreground amounts.
validation_inventory_coverage	included operations	Require applicable utilities, sanitation, packaging, wastewater, residues, and direct releases or an evidence-backed not-applicable declaration.
validation_refrigeration	chilling and holding	Require temperature/time records and equipment-specific refrigerant accounting.
validation_protocol_links	collected or calculated rows	Require a declared collection protocol with raw fields and quality evidence.
validation_evidence	ranges and factors	Treat reasoned-estimate ranges as candidate QA screens only; publication-critical factors and ranges require reviewed evidence.
validation_dataset_profile	downstream use	Preserve gate, multi-output status, route, qualifiers, upstream link, quality disclosure, and exclusions.

10. Published Dataset Profile

Field	Value
dataset_role	Foreground multi-output facility-gate dataset for fresh or chilled cattle-meat production
downstream_use	secondary_dataset; background_dataset
allowed_use	Gate-to-gate and downstream models that preserve the route, starting gate, qualifiers, multi-output structure, upstream cattle link, and quality disclosure
excluded_use	Cattle raising, buffalo meat, offal as reference product, frozen or prepared meat, post-gate distribution, or undisclosed pre-allocated single-output data
required_metadata	canonical PCR id; CPC reference; facility and geography; period; thermal state; dispatch temperature; product form; cattle class where known; grade; bone status; packaging; route; upstream cattle dataset; inter-site transport; dispositions
required_quality_disclosure	Calibration and coverage; shared-meter allocation; mass balance; disposition evidence; refrigerant balance; source applicability; provisional-range status; exclusions and uncertainty
update_trigger	Material change in product state or form, grade, starting gate, process route, cooling, packaging, energy or refrigerant system, disposition, upstream link, measurement, or evidence

11. Data Sources

Source id	Type	Reference	Used for
unsd-cpc-3-21111	Dataset (dataset)	United Nations Statistics Division, Central Product Classification Version 3.0, code 21111, represented in repository CPC source and normalized artifacts	Product identity and classification scope
tiangong-beef-slaughter-process	Dataset (dataset)	Tiangong process 9fdaf060-a29c-4f22-9146-86439bc8a256, Beef slaughtering and carcass dressing	Candidate process decomposition and flow-family coverage, not universal quantities
tiangong-beef-slaughter-stage	Dataset (dataset)	Tiangong process f6465ff5-255b-4143-9364-10ca7828577c, slaughtering stage, beef cattle	Corroboration of slaughter stage and electricity as candidate input, not universal quantities
mass-balance-identity	Method factor (method_factor)	Conservation-of-mass identity applied to measured foreground and stock records	Reference normalization, yields, mass balance, refrigerant and packaging balances