Prepared dishes and meals based on meat

1. Scope and Applicability

This PCR supports foreground data packages for industrially prepared dishes and meals in which meat or meat products are characterising ingredients. It covers ready-to-eat and ready-to-heat products in chilled, frozen, or shelf-stable market states, including sauce-braised products, cooked meat dishes, stews, filled or composite meat meals, and comparable formulations.

The foreground boundary begins when meat, other food ingredients, packaging, utilities, and purchased services are received by the preparing establishment. It ends when conforming product is released at the factory gate in the declared packaging and storage state. Supplier-to-gate transport and upstream production of all purchased inputs remain required through linked upstream datasets. Distribution after the factory gate, retail, consumer cooking or reheating, consumption, and end-of-life are outside this gate dataset and require downstream modules when included in a lifecycle model.

The selected TianGong product flow Sauce braised products is a real representative product classified under CPC 3.0 code 21186. It is not renamed or treated as a fictitious generic flow for every dish in the category. A producer applying this PCR to another covered dish shall retain the PCR methodology while declaring the actual product identity and the representativeness limitation of that selected reference flow.

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.prepared-dishes-and-meals-based-on-meat
classification_refs	CPC 3.0: 21186, Prepared dishes and meals based on meat (exact mapping context)
covered_products	Prepared dishes and meals for human consumption in which meat or meat products are characterising ingredients, including sauce-braised products, cooked meat dishes, stews, composite meat meals, and equivalent ready-to-eat or ready-to-heat products
excluded_products	Raw meat and slaughter products; uncooked meat preparations sold as raw meat; products whose characterising basis is fish, vegetables, cereals, or another non-meat category; pet food; catering and restaurant services; retail activities; consumer meal preparation
representative_product	Sauce braised products, represented by the exact TianGong product flow Sauce braised products (61b586fc-1d4a-4abe-981d-19c27f9a33b0)
production_route	Receipt and controlled storage of ingredients; preparation and formulation; cooking, braising, or other validated thermal processing; post-cook handling; portioning and packaging; cleaning and sanitation; wastewater and solid-waste handling; finished-product storage and factory-gate release
market_state	Declared as chilled, frozen, or shelf-stable; packaged or bulk; ready-to-eat or ready-to-heat; storage temperature and labelled shelf-life shall be stated

3. Reference Flow

Field	Value
What	Provide an edible, prepared meat-based dish or meal that meets the declared formulation, heat-treatment, food-safety, packaging, and market-state specifications
How much	1 kg net mass of conforming product at factory-gate release
How well	Product identity, meat species and content, formulation family, thermal process, packaging format, readiness state, storage condition, and applicable safety or quality specification are declared
How long or cycle	One production output delivered to the factory gate; labelled shelf-life and required storage condition are declared, while downstream storage losses and use are excluded from this gate dataset
reference_flow_link	1 kg of the exact TianGong representative product flow Sauce braised products in the declared market state

Field	Value
Reference amount	1 kg
Reference product flow	Sauce braised products 61b586fc-1d4a-4abe-981d-19c27f9a33b0
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	actual product name; meat species and meat-content basis; recipe or formulation family; ready-to-eat or ready-to-heat state; cooking or braising route; chilled, frozen, or shelf-stable state; net mass basis; packaging format; storage temperature; labelled shelf-life; factory-gate geography; production period

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

4. Measurement and Unit Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Required property	Required unit	Rule
reference_product_mass	Conforming prepared dish or meal at factory-gate release	Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66	kg	Record net edible product mass after cooking, cooling, draining where applicable, and before or after packaging only as declared; exclude packaging mass. Normalize all foreground inventory to 1 kg reference product.
ingredient_mass_consistency	Meat, other ingredients, sauces, edible process water, rework, and recipe additions	Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66	kg	Convert batch recipe and issue records to kg on a consistent as-received or prepared basis and declare the basis for moisture-bearing, frozen, concentrated, or reconstituted inputs.
packaging_mass_separation	Primary, secondary, and tertiary packaging entering the gate system	Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66	kg	Report packaging separately by material and level; packaging shall not be included in the 1 kg edible reference-product mass.
energy_unit_preservation	Electricity, steam, fuel, hot water, refrigeration, and other energy services	Applicable energy property	kWh or MJ, as recorded	Preserve the metered or invoice unit, document every conversion and heating-value basis, and avoid converting energy carriers into mass without an explicit conversion factor.
water_route_separation	Ingredient water, process water, cleaning water, direct abstraction, and wastewater	Mass or volume, consistently converted	kg or m3	Separate water by use and source route. Use measured density or the declared water-density convention for mass-volume conversion and retain the original meter unit.

5. System Boundary

Boundary Abstraction

Field	Value
declared_starting_condition	Meat, other food ingredients, packaging, utilities, and purchased services received at the preparing establishment, with temperature, physical state, supplier geography, and upstream dataset identity declared
starting_condition_role	Factory-gate foreground starting point; upstream agriculture, slaughter, meat processing, ingredient manufacture, packaging manufacture, energy supply, and inbound transport remain connected background requirements
product_classification_scope	Prepared dishes and meals based on meat; the CPC 3.0 code 21186 reference is mapping context and does not replace the semantic product description
recursive_input_rule	A purchased input that is itself a prepared meat-based dish or meal shall be recorded once as a product input with its own upstream dataset. Do not recursively rebuild it inside this foreground dataset. Rework generated and reused within the same reporting boundary is recorded as an internal loop and not duplicated as a new external product input.
upstream_dataset_requirement	Link representative upstream datasets for every meat and non-meat ingredient, packaging material, energy carrier, water supply route, purchased transport service, refrigerant make-up, waste treatment route, and wastewater treatment route that crosses the boundary
disclosure	Declare included and excluded stages, product recipe family, storage state, co-products, rework, food losses, wastewater, direct emissions, packaging levels, allocation methods, cut-offs, data gaps, and whether downstream distribution, retail, use, and end-of-life are outside the dataset

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
boundary_foreground_gate	Factory-gate foreground system	Include receipt and controlled storage, preparation and formulation, thermal processing, post-cook handling, portioning or filling, packaging, cleaning and sanitation, wastewater and solid-waste handling, and finished-product storage through factory-gate release when they occur.	eu-pef-method-2021; codex-cxc-1-1969-2022; codex-cxc-58-2005
boundary_upstream_links	Purchased products and services	Keep all purchased ingredients, packaging, utilities, refrigerants, transport services, and treatment services as boundary-crossing product or waste flows with representative upstream datasets; do not treat the site gate as a cut-off of their supply chains.	eu-pef-method-2021
boundary_waste_and_coproducts	Foreground outputs other than the reference product	Identify all co-products, by-products, rework, food loss, packaging waste, wastewater, and direct elementary releases; disclose their fate and avoid combining saleable products with wastes.	eu-pef-method-2021; codex-cxc-1-1969-2022; codex-cxc-58-2005
boundary_cutoff_control	Excluded processes and flows	Avoid cut-offs for meat and other recipe ingredients, packaging, process energy, water, reference product, saleable co-products, food losses, wastewater, and direct releases. Any other exclusion requires screening, explicit justification, and demonstration that cumulative exclusions remain within 3% of material and energy flows and environmental significance; disclose the excluded items and limitation.	eu-pef-method-2021
boundary_downstream_exclusion	Distribution after factory gate, retail, consumer storage and preparation, consumption, and end-of-life	Exclude these stages from this gate dataset and state the exclusion. Add separate downstream modules when the study goal requires a cradle-to-grave result.	eu-pef-method-2021

6. Process Inventory Structure

Process Map

process_id	process_name	inclusion	inclusion_condition	role	quantitative_reference
ingredient_receiving_storage	Ingredient receiving and controlled storage	required	Always include receipt, inspection, handling, and storage actually performed before preparation	Foreground intake and storage	Per 1 kg reference product
preparation_formulation	Meat preparation and formulation	required	Always include recipe dosing, thawing, trimming, cutting, mixing, marinating, sauce preparation, and internal rework steps that occur	Foreground preparation	Per 1 kg prepared formulation sent to thermal processing
thermal_processing	Cooking, braising, or equivalent thermal processing	required	Always include the validated product-defining heat-treatment route	Foreground transformation	Per 1 kg thermally processed product output
post_cook_packaging	Post-cook handling, portioning, and packaging	required	Include the actual cooling, holding, draining, portioning, filling, sealing, and packaging operations; mark non-occurring operations as not applicable in dataset metadata	Foreground finishing	Per 1 kg conforming packaged or bulk product
cleaning_sanitation	Cleaning and sanitation	required	Include product-contact and process-area cleaning attributable to the reporting boundary	Foreground support process	Per 1 kg reference product using measured campaign or line allocation
wastewater_waste_handling	Wastewater and solid-waste handling	required	Include collection, on-site pretreatment, storage, and dispatch of wastewater, food loss, rejected product, and packaging waste	Foreground residual management	Per 1 kg reference product
finished_storage_dispatch	Finished-product storage and factory-gate dispatch	conditional	Include when chilled, frozen, controlled-atmosphere, heated holding, or other storage occurs before gate release	Foreground storage and dispatch	Per 1 kg reference product and recorded storage duration

Process: Ingredient receiving and controlled storage (ingredient_receiving_storage)

Inputs

Product flows

Meat ingredients received (received_meat_ingredients)

Record each meat species, cut, processed meat ingredient, and physical state separately using purchase, receiving, and batch-issue records. Link the selected TianGong flow for the actual ingredient in the produced dataset.

• Selected flow: Site-selected meat or meat-product flow matching the received ingredient
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Measured accepted mass issued to covered production, including separately reported thawing or trimming losses
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: Per 1 kg reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_ingredient_bom
• Sources: eu-pef-method-2021; codex-cxc-58-2005
• Range: Provisional meat-input screening range
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0.10
  • Upper: 1.50
  • Unit: kg/kg reference product
  • Basis: Broad screening interval for total received meat ingredients before measured product-specific data replace it
  • Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Other food ingredients received (received_other_ingredients)

Record vegetables, cereals, pulses, oils, fats, seasonings, sauces, sugars, salts, additives, and other recipe ingredients separately by supplier product and formulation role.

• Selected flow: Site-selected product flow matching each non-meat ingredient
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Measured accepted mass issued to covered production
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: Per 1 kg reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_ingredient_bom
• Sources: eu-pef-method-2021; codex-cxc-1-1969-2022
• Range: Provisional non-meat-ingredient screening range
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 1.50
  • Unit: kg/kg reference product
  • Basis: Broad screening interval for total non-meat ingredients before product-specific BoM data replace it
  • Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Inbound transport services (inbound_transport_services)

Record supplier-to-site transport by material group and route when it is not already embedded in an upstream delivered-product dataset.

• Selected flow: Site-selected freight transport service flow by mode
• Flow property / unit: Transport work / tkm
• Amount rule: Delivered mass in tonnes multiplied by route distance in kilometres for each mode and leg
• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
• Specificity: Route-specific (route_specific)
• Normalization basis: Per 1 kg reference product
• Basis kind: Transport service (transport_service)
• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
• Collection protocol: cp_inbound_transport
• Sources: eu-pef-method-2021

Waste flows

No waste enters this process by default. Returned packaging or reusable transport items shall be declared separately when they cross the site boundary.

Elementary flows

Directly abstracted water for storage support (storage_direct_water)

Record direct water abstraction only when the site withdraws water from the environment for storage or refrigeration support. Purchased network water is a product flow and belongs under the process where it is used.

• Selected flow: Site-selected elementary water flow matching source compartment and geography
• Flow property / unit: Volume / m3
• Amount rule: Metered direct abstraction attributable to this process
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: Per 1 kg reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_utilities
• Sources: eu-pef-method-2021
• Range: Provisional storage-water screening range
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 0.020
  • Unit: m3/kg reference product
  • Basis: Broad screening interval for attributable direct storage water before site-meter data replace it
  • Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Outputs

Product flows

Accepted ingredients issued to production (accepted_ingredients)

Track accepted ingredient mass issued to preparation. This is an internal transfer used for mass balance and is not duplicated as an external product output.

• Selected flow: Internal transfer matching each accepted ingredient
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Accepted received mass minus recorded receiving and storage losses
• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: Per 1 kg reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
• Collection protocol: cp_ingredient_bom
• Sources: eu-pef-method-2021

Waste flows

Receiving and storage losses (receiving_storage_losses)

Record rejected, spoiled, damaged, leaked, or temperature-abused food materials by material and treatment fate.

• Selected flow: Site-selected food-waste flow matching material and treatment route
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Measured mass rejected or lost before production issue
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: Per 1 kg reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_waste_records
• Sources: codex-cxc-1-1969-2022; codex-cxc-58-2005
• Range: Provisional receiving-loss screening range
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 0.30
  • Unit: kg/kg reference product
  • Basis: Broad screening interval before product- and site-specific reject records replace it
  • Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Elementary flows

No category-specific elementary output is prescribed. Refrigerant leakage or on-site combustion emissions attributable to storage shall be recorded by substance when they occur.

Process: Meat preparation and formulation (preparation_formulation)

Inputs

Product flows

Accepted meat and other recipe inputs (prepared_recipe_inputs)

Record the issued masses of all recipe inputs, including separately identified internal rework, on the declared physical-state basis.

• Selected flow: Internal accepted-ingredient transfer or site-selected product flow
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Batch-issued mass by ingredient and formulation
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: Per 1 kg reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_ingredient_bom
• Sources: eu-pef-method-2021

Formulation and process water (formulation_water)

Record potable water intentionally added to the product or used in sauces, brines, reconstitution, washing, or thawing when it crosses the process boundary.

• Selected flow: Site-selected potable or process-water product flow
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Metered or recipe-recorded water by use
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: Per 1 kg reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_water_records
• Sources: codex-cxc-1-1969-2022
• Range: Provisional formulation-water screening range
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 2.0
  • Unit: kg/kg reference product
  • Basis: Broad screening interval covering recipe, washing, and thawing water before use-specific records replace it
  • Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Preparation electricity (preparation_electricity)

Record electricity used for thawing equipment, cutting, grinding, mixing, pumping, and formulation operations.

• Selected flow: Site-selected electricity supply flow matching geography and voltage
• Flow property / unit: Energy / kWh
• Amount rule: Sub-metered consumption or documented allocation from line-level records
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: Per 1 kg reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_utilities
• Sources: eu-pef-method-2021
• Range: Provisional preparation-electricity screening range
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 5.0
  • Unit: kWh/kg reference product
  • Basis: Broad screening interval before sub-metered or allocated foreground electricity replaces it
  • Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Waste flows

No waste input is prescribed. Off-site recovered food material entering as an ingredient shall be treated as a product input with disclosed quality and upstream modelling.

Elementary flows

Direct abstraction shall be recorded only when water is withdrawn from the environment rather than supplied as a product flow.

Outputs

Product flows

Prepared formulation sent to cooking (prepared_formulation)

Record the internal mass sent to thermal processing by batch and formulation family.

• Selected flow: Internal prepared-formulation transfer
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Total recipe inputs minus separately measured preparation losses and wastewater-carried solids
• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: Per 1 kg prepared formulation output
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
• Collection protocol: cp_mass_balance
• Sources: eu-pef-method-2021

Waste flows

Trimming and preparation residues (preparation_residues)

Record bones, fat, skin, trimmings, spilled ingredients, sieving residues, and rejected formulation separately by material and destination; identify any saleable co-product instead as a product flow.

• Selected flow: Site-selected waste flow matching residue and treatment route
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Measured residue mass by batch or reporting period
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: Per 1 kg reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_waste_records
• Sources: eu-pef-method-2021; codex-cxc-58-2005
• Range: Provisional preparation-residue screening range
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 0.50
  • Unit: kg/kg reference product
  • Basis: Broad screening interval before measured residue records replace it
  • Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Elementary flows

No category-specific elementary output is prescribed. Direct releases from on-site equipment shall be recorded by substance when they cross the environmental boundary.

Process: Cooking, braising, or equivalent thermal processing (thermal_processing)

Inputs

Product flows

Prepared formulation input (thermal_formulation_input)

Record the internal prepared formulation entering the validated heat-treatment operation.

• Selected flow: Internal prepared-formulation transfer
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Measured batch mass charged to cooking or braising equipment
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: Per 1 kg thermally processed product output
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_thermal_batch
• Sources: codex-cxc-1-1969-2022; codex-cxc-58-2005

Thermal energy and electricity (thermal_energy_input)

Record steam, fuel, hot water, electricity, or other energy carriers separately by carrier and supply route. Do not collapse on-site fuel and purchased steam into one unspecified energy total.

• Selected flow: Site-selected energy-carrier or electricity flow matching the actual supply
• Flow property / unit: Energy / MJ or kWh
• Amount rule: Metered energy or documented equipment-level allocation for the thermal process
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Technology-specific (technology_specific)
• Normalization basis: Per 1 kg thermally processed product output
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_utilities
• Sources: eu-pef-method-2021; codex-cxc-1-1969-2022
• Range: Provisional thermal-process energy screening range
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0.1
  • Upper: 30
  • Unit: MJ/kg thermally processed product
  • Basis: Broad combined useful-energy-equivalent screening interval before carrier-specific foreground records replace it
  • Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Waste flows

No waste input is prescribed. Recovered heat or secondary fuel entering the process shall be modelled using its actual product or waste status and treatment route.

Elementary flows

Direct water abstraction for thermal processing (thermal_direct_water)

Record direct water withdrawal only when environmental water is abstracted for the thermal process. Purchased network water remains a product input.

• Selected flow: Site-selected elementary water flow matching source compartment and geography
• Flow property / unit: Volume / m3
• Amount rule: Metered direct abstraction attributable to thermal processing
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: Per 1 kg reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_water_records
• Sources: eu-pef-method-2021
• Range: Provisional direct-water screening range
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 0.020
  • Unit: m3/kg reference product
  • Basis: Broad screening interval before site-meter data replace it
  • Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Outputs

Product flows

Thermally processed meat-based product (thermally_processed_product)

Record cooked or braised product mass leaving the validated heat-treatment step together with time-temperature batch evidence and any draining basis.

• Selected flow: Internal thermally processed product transfer
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Measured conforming mass after thermal processing and declared draining point
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: Per 1 kg thermally processed product output
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_thermal_batch
• Sources: codex-cxc-1-1969-2022; codex-cxc-58-2005

Waste flows

Cooking losses and rejected product (thermal_food_losses)

Record scorched, spilled, rejected, or otherwise discarded product and separately identify collected cooking liquor or fat that is sold or used as a co-product.

• Selected flow: Site-selected food-waste flow matching material and treatment route
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Measured rejected or lost mass from thermal processing
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: Per 1 kg reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_waste_records
• Sources: eu-pef-method-2021; codex-cxc-1-1969-2022
• Range: Provisional thermal-loss screening range
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 0.50
  • Unit: kg/kg reference product
  • Basis: Broad screening interval before measured cooking-loss records replace it
  • Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Elementary flows

Direct air emissions from on-site thermal energy (thermal_direct_air_emissions)

When fuel is combusted on site, record each direct air emission by substance using site measurements or a disclosed calculation rule. Purchased electricity, steam, or heat shall not duplicate upstream generation emissions in the foreground.

• Selected flow: Site-selected elementary air-emission flow for each emitted substance
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Measured emission or fuel-use calculation by substance
• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: Per 1 kg reference product
• Basis kind: Fuel inventory (fuel_inventory)
• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
• Collection protocol: cp_direct_emissions
• Sources: eu-pef-method-2021
• Range: Provisional direct-air-emission screening range
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 10
  • Unit: kg emitted substance/kg reference product
  • Basis: Deliberately broad per-substance screening interval; it is not an emission factor and shall be replaced by measured or calculated foreground values
  • Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Process: Post-cook handling, portioning, and packaging (post_cook_packaging)

Inputs

Product flows

Thermally processed product input (post_cook_product_input)

Record the internal product mass entering cooling, draining, holding, portioning, filling, or packaging.

• Selected flow: Internal thermally processed product transfer
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Measured mass transferred from thermal processing
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: Per 1 kg reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_post_cook_packaging
• Sources: codex-cxc-1-1969-2022; codex-cxc-58-2005

Packaging materials (packaging_materials)

Record primary, secondary, and tertiary packaging separately by material, recycled-content claim where relevant, and number of uses for reusable items.

• Selected flow: Site-selected packaging-material flow matching material and level
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Packaging bill of materials or weighed packaging consumption net of unused returns
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: Per 1 kg reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_packaging_bom
• Sources: eu-pef-method-2021
• Range: Provisional packaging-mass screening range
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 0.50
  • Unit: kg/kg reference product
  • Basis: Broad screening interval for all packaging levels before the product-specific packaging BoM replaces it
  • Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Cooling and packaging electricity (post_cook_electricity)

Record electricity used by cooling, refrigeration, pumps, portioning, filling, sealing, coding, and packaging equipment.

• Selected flow: Site-selected electricity supply flow matching geography and voltage
• Flow property / unit: Energy / kWh
• Amount rule: Sub-metered use or documented allocation from line-level electricity records
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: Per 1 kg reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_utilities
• Sources: eu-pef-method-2021; codex-cxc-1-1969-2022
• Range: Provisional post-cook-electricity screening range
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 5.0
  • Unit: kWh/kg reference product
  • Basis: Broad screening interval before sub-metered or allocated foreground electricity replaces it
  • Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Waste flows

No waste input is prescribed. Reused transport packaging shall be represented according to its actual product-system treatment and use count.

Elementary flows

Refrigerant leakage (post_cook_refrigerant_emissions)

Record refrigerant leakage by substance when cooling or cold-room equipment is inside the foreground boundary.

• Selected flow: Site-selected elementary air-emission flow matching refrigerant substance
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Service-record mass balance or measured make-up less documented recovery
• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: Per 1 kg reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
• Collection protocol: cp_refrigerant_records
• Sources: eu-pef-method-2021
• Range: Provisional refrigerant-loss screening range
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 0.10
  • Unit: kg refrigerant/kg reference product
  • Basis: Deliberately broad equipment-loss screening interval before service-record calculations replace it
  • Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Outputs

Product flows

Factory-gate reference product (reference_product_output)

Record the net edible mass of conforming product in the declared market state. Sauce braised products is the exact representative TianGong flow and shall not be rewritten as a generic category flow.

• Selected flow: Sauce braised products 61b586fc-1d4a-4abe-981d-19c27f9a33b0
• Flow property / unit: Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66 / kg
• Amount rule: 1 kg net edible reference product
• Value mode: Fixed value (fixed_value)
• Specificity: Not applicable (not_applicable)
• Normalization basis: 1 kg reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Identity reference (identity_reference)
• Sources:

Waste flows

Packaging scrap and post-cook rejects (packaging_and_post_cook_waste)

Record offcuts, damaged packaging, seal-test rejects, non-conforming finished product, and drained solids separately by material and treatment fate.

• Selected flow: Site-selected waste flow matching material and treatment route
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Measured waste mass from post-cook handling and packaging
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: Per 1 kg reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_waste_records
• Sources: eu-pef-method-2021
• Range: Provisional packaging-and-reject screening range
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 0.50
  • Unit: kg/kg reference product
  • Basis: Broad screening interval before measured waste records replace it
  • Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Elementary flows

No additional category-specific elementary output is prescribed beyond substance-specific refrigerant leakage and other measured direct releases.

Process: Cleaning and sanitation (cleaning_sanitation)

Inputs

Product flows

Cleaning water (cleaning_water)

Record water used for equipment, utensils, food-contact surfaces, floors, and clean-in-place systems within the reporting boundary.

• Selected flow: Site-selected potable or process-water product flow
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Metered cleaning water or documented allocation from sanitation-cycle records
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: Per 1 kg reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_cleaning_records
• Sources: codex-cxc-1-1969-2022; codex-cxc-58-2005
• Range: Provisional cleaning-water screening range
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 0.030
  • Unit: m3/kg reference product
  • Basis: Broad screening interval before measured sanitation-cycle water replaces it
  • Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Cleaning and disinfection agents (cleaning_agents)

Record detergents, alkalis, acids, disinfectants, and other cleaning chemicals by product and active concentration when relevant.

• Selected flow: Site-selected cleaning-agent product flow
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Purchase or dosing records allocated to covered sanitation cycles
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: Per 1 kg reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_cleaning_records
• Sources: codex-cxc-1-1969-2022; codex-cxc-58-2005
• Range: Provisional cleaning-agent screening range
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 0.10
  • Unit: kg/kg reference product
  • Basis: Broad screening interval before product-dosing records replace it
  • Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Cleaning energy (cleaning_energy)

Record electricity, steam, or heat used by hot-water preparation, pumps, clean-in-place systems, and sanitation equipment.

• Selected flow: Site-selected energy-carrier flow
• Flow property / unit: Energy / kWh or MJ
• Amount rule: Metered use or documented allocation from sanitation-cycle and utility records
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: Per 1 kg reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_cleaning_records
• Sources: codex-cxc-1-1969-2022
• Range: Provisional cleaning-energy screening range
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 10
  • Unit: MJ/kg reference product
  • Basis: Broad screening interval before sanitation-cycle energy records replace it
  • Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Waste flows

No waste input is prescribed.

Elementary flows

Directly abstracted cleaning water shall be represented as an elementary input instead of duplicating it as purchased water.

Outputs

Product flows

No product output is prescribed. Cleaning is an attributable support process allocated to the covered production.

Waste flows

Cleaning wastewater (cleaning_wastewater)

Record wastewater discharged from cleaning, including the declared routing to on-site pretreatment, municipal treatment, or another destination.

• Selected flow: Site-selected wastewater flow matching composition and treatment route
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg or Volume / m3
• Amount rule: Metered discharge or water-balance calculation, with retained unit and conversion basis
• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: Per 1 kg reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
• Collection protocol: cp_water_records
• Sources: codex-cxc-1-1969-2022; codex-cxc-58-2005
• Range: Provisional cleaning-wastewater screening range
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 0.030
  • Unit: m3/kg reference product
  • Basis: Broad screening interval before measured discharge or site water balance replaces it
  • Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Elementary flows

Direct wastewater releases (cleaning_waterborne_releases)

Where wastewater is discharged directly to the environment after on-site treatment, record each measured or calculated released substance as an elementary flow. Wastewater sent to an external treatment service remains a waste flow and shall not duplicate treated-release emissions in this foreground dataset.

• Selected flow: Site-selected elementary water-emission flow by substance and compartment
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Measured effluent concentration multiplied by measured discharge volume, adjusted for sampling basis
• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: Per 1 kg reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
• Collection protocol: cp_wastewater_quality
• Sources: eu-pef-method-2021
• Range: Provisional direct-waterborne-release screening range
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 1.0
  • Unit: kg emitted substance/kg reference product
  • Basis: Deliberately broad per-substance screening interval; it is not an effluent factor and shall be replaced by measured concentration-volume calculations
  • Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Process: Wastewater and solid-waste handling (wastewater_waste_handling)

Inputs

Product flows

Purchased on-site waste-treatment utilities (waste_treatment_utilities)

Record electricity, fuel, water, and treatment chemicals used by on-site waste or wastewater treatment that are not already included in another process.

• Selected flow: Site-selected utility or treatment-chemical flow
• Flow property / unit: Applicable property / recorded unit
• Amount rule: Metered or purchase-record quantity attributable to covered treatment
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: Per 1 kg reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_waste_records
• Sources: eu-pef-method-2021

Waste flows

Collected foreground residuals (collected_residuals)

Receive the internal food losses, packaging wastes, sludges, and wastewater streams from the preceding foreground processes without duplicating their external crossing.

• Selected flow: Internal residual transfer matching each recorded waste stream
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg or Volume / m3
• Amount rule: Sum of process-level residual records by destination
• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: Per 1 kg reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
• Collection protocol: cp_waste_records
• Sources: eu-pef-method-2021; codex-cxc-1-1969-2022

Elementary flows

No elementary input is prescribed beyond direct environmental water withdrawals already assigned to their using process.

Outputs

Product flows

Saleable recovered products (recovered_products)

Record saleable fats, broths, meat fragments, or recovered materials as product flows only when they meet the producer's declared product specification and have a documented destination. Otherwise record them as waste.

• Selected flow: Site-selected product flow matching the recovered product
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Measured dispatched mass by recovered product
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: Per 1 kg reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_waste_records
• Sources: eu-pef-method-2021

Waste flows

Residuals dispatched for treatment (residuals_to_treatment)

Record each waste and wastewater stream at the site boundary with treatment route, destination, and any on-site pretreatment already performed.

• Selected flow: Site-selected waste or wastewater flow matching treatment route
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg or Volume / m3
• Amount rule: Measured dispatch or discharge quantity by route
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: Per 1 kg reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_waste_records
• Sources: eu-pef-method-2021; codex-cxc-1-1969-2022; codex-cxc-58-2005
• Range: Provisional total-residual screening range
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 30
  • Unit: kg or L/kg reference product, reported separately by stream
  • Basis: Broad screening interval before measured waste and wastewater records replace it; units shall not be added across unlike streams
  • Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Elementary flows

Direct releases from on-site waste treatment shall be recorded by substance and compartment; emissions assigned to external treatment datasets shall not be duplicated.

Process: Finished-product storage and factory-gate dispatch (finished_storage_dispatch)

Inputs

Product flows

Conforming finished product held before release (stored_finished_product)

Record the internal finished-product mass and storage duration when controlled storage occurs before dispatch.

• Selected flow: Sauce braised products 61b586fc-1d4a-4abe-981d-19c27f9a33b0 as representative, or the actual covered product flow in the produced dataset
• Flow property / unit: Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66 / kg
• Amount rule: Measured mass-time inventory linked to dispatch records
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: Per 1 kg reference product and recorded storage duration
• Basis kind: Storage duration (storage_duration)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_finished_storage
• Sources: codex-cxc-1-1969-2022; codex-cxc-58-2005

Finished-storage electricity (finished_storage_electricity)

Record refrigeration, freezing, ventilation, controlled-atmosphere, lighting, and handling electricity attributable to covered product before gate release.

• Selected flow: Site-selected electricity supply flow matching geography and voltage
• Flow property / unit: Energy / kWh
• Amount rule: Metered storage electricity allocated using mass-time occupancy or another documented causal driver
• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: Per 1 kg reference product and recorded storage duration
• Basis kind: Storage duration (storage_duration)
• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
• Collection protocol: cp_finished_storage
• Sources: eu-pef-method-2021; codex-cxc-1-1969-2022
• Range: Provisional finished-storage-electricity screening range
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 5.0
  • Unit: kWh/kg reference product
  • Basis: Broad screening interval for pre-gate storage before mass-time and metered records replace it
  • Basis kind: Storage duration (storage_duration)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Waste flows

No waste input is prescribed.

Elementary flows

Refrigerant leakage attributable to finished-product storage shall be recorded by substance using service records and shall not be duplicated in post-cook handling.

Outputs

Product flows

Product released at factory gate (factory_gate_release)

Record the same reference-product identity and 1 kg net mass at the declared gate. This internal release marker does not create a second product output in the aggregated dataset.

• Selected flow: Sauce braised products 61b586fc-1d4a-4abe-981d-19c27f9a33b0
• Flow property / unit: Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66 / kg
• Amount rule: 1 kg net edible reference product released at factory gate
• Value mode: Fixed value (fixed_value)
• Specificity: Not applicable (not_applicable)
• Normalization basis: 1 kg reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Identity reference (identity_reference)
• Sources:

Waste flows

Finished-product storage losses (finished_storage_losses)

Record expired, damaged, leaked, temperature-abused, or otherwise rejected product before factory-gate release.

• Selected flow: Site-selected food-waste flow matching treatment route
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Measured storage reject mass
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: Per 1 kg reference product
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_finished_storage
• Sources: codex-cxc-1-1969-2022; codex-cxc-58-2005
• Range: Provisional finished-storage-loss screening range
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 0.20
  • Unit: kg/kg reference product
  • Basis: Broad screening interval before dispatch and reject records replace it
  • Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Elementary flows

No additional category-specific elementary output is prescribed.

7. Allocation and Co-product Handling

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
allocation_subdivision_first	Shared lines, utilities, storage, cleaning, and treatment processes	Avoid allocation by sub-metering, batch tracking, or subdividing processes so that inputs, outputs, and emissions directly attributable to the covered product are isolated. System expansion may be used only when the additional function and reporting purpose are explicit.	eu-pef-method-2021
allocation_physical_driver	Shared burdens that cannot be subdivided	Allocate using a documented causal physical driver such as measured equipment time, energy demand, mass-time storage occupancy, cleaning cycle, wastewater load, or product mass when that driver represents the relationship between the shared process and outputs.	eu-pef-method-2021
allocation_other_relationship_last	Multifunctional processes with no defensible physical relationship	Use another relationship, including economic allocation, only after documenting why subdivision, system expansion, and a relevant physical relationship are not feasible. Record prices, period, market, and sensitivity where economic allocation is used.	eu-pef-method-2021
allocation_rework_internal_loop	Rework returned to the same covered product system	Treat internal rework as an internal mass loop. Count only added processing burdens and losses; do not create an external co-product credit or duplicate the rework input.	eu-pef-method-2021
allocation_product_waste_status	Fats, broths, trimmings, rejects, packaging residues, and wastewater	Classify an output as a co-product only when it meets a declared product specification and has a documented beneficial destination. Otherwise model it as waste with its treatment route. Keep the classification and any allocation decision consistent across mass balance, inventory, and dataset metadata.	eu-pef-method-2021; codex-cxc-58-2005

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_ingredient_bom	ingredient_receiving_storage; preparation_formulation	Meat and other ingredient receipt, acceptance, issue, and internal transfer	Purchase, receiving, warehouse issue, recipe, batch, and weigh-scale records	ingredient_id; supplier; lot; species_or_material; physical_state; received_mass; accepted_mass; issued_mass; rework_mass; basis; batch_id	Reconcile calibrated scale and ERP or batch records by ingredient and formulation	kg	Each receipt and batch	Representative reporting period covering declared season and product mix	Every included site and covered line	Sum accepted and issued mass by ingredient, exclude unrelated products, and normalize by conforming reference-product mass	Scale calibration, lot traceability, recipe revision, acceptance record, and mass reconciliation
cp_inbound_transport	ingredient_receiving_storage	Supplier-to-site transport	Delivery note, route, carrier, vehicle-mode, and distance record	material_id; delivered_mass_t; origin; destination; mode; distance_km; load_factor_if_used; upstream_dataset_scope	Collect actual route records where available; otherwise document route model and distance source	tkm	Each route or representative route class	Same period as ingredient receipts	All material groups crossing the site gate	Sum mass_t × distance_km by mode and avoid duplication with delivered-product datasets	Delivery notes, route evidence, and scope check
cp_water_records	preparation_formulation; thermal_processing; cleaning_sanitation	Ingredient, process, cleaning, abstracted, and discharged water	Meter, recipe, sanitation-cycle, abstraction, and discharge records	meter_id; source_route; use_route; opening; closing; unit; batch_or_period; discharge_route	Read dedicated meters where available and reconcile shared meters by documented driver	kg or m3	Each batch, sanitation cycle, or meter interval	Representative reporting period	Every included site and water route	Convert only with declared density; preserve original unit; reconcile water input, product incorporation, evaporation, and wastewater	Meter calibration, invoices, abstraction permits, recipe records, and water balance
cp_utilities	ingredient_receiving_storage; preparation_formulation; thermal_processing; post_cook_packaging; finished_storage_dispatch	Electricity, fuel, steam, heat, refrigeration, and utility consumption	Meter, invoice, fuel issue, equipment runtime, and production records	carrier; meter_id; opening; closing; unit; heating_value_basis; runtime; batch_id; line_id; product_mass	Prefer sub-metering; otherwise allocate shared utilities with a documented causal driver	kWh, MJ, or carrier unit	Meter interval and production batch	Representative reporting period covering production and storage variation	Every included site and shared utility system	Sum by carrier, subtract unrelated uses, allocate shared consumption, and normalize by conforming product mass	Meter calibration, invoices, fuel certificates, allocation driver, and reconciliation
cp_thermal_batch	thermal_processing	Thermal input, processed output, and time-temperature evidence	Batch sheet, equipment log, scale, temperature recorder, and deviation record	batch_id; input_mass; output_mass; start_time; end_time; target_temperature; achieved_temperature; holding_time; reject_mass	Collect from validated batch and monitoring systems	kg; °C; min	Each batch	Entire reporting period	Every included thermal route	Link mass and time-temperature records to the same batch; aggregate only conforming route-equivalent batches	Calibrated scales and sensors, validation evidence, deviation disposition, and batch release
cp_post_cook_packaging	post_cook_packaging	Post-cook product transfer, cooling, portioning, filling, and rejects	Line scale, cooling log, filler counter, batch, and reject records	batch_id; incoming_mass; drained_mass; packed_mass; bulk_mass; reject_mass; cooling_time; cooling_temperature	Collect per production batch and reconcile product transfers	kg; °C; min	Each batch	Entire reporting period	Every included line	Sum conforming output and separately report drained liquid, rejects, and internal transfers	Scale calibration, line reconciliation, cooling log, and release record
cp_packaging_bom	post_cook_packaging	Primary, secondary, and tertiary packaging	Packaging specification, issue, return, scrap, and production records	packaging_id; material; level; unit_mass; units_issued; unused_returns; scrap_mass; reuse_count	Use product-specific packaging BoM and reconcile with stock issues	kg	Each packaging specification and production period	Same period as product output	Every included packaging configuration	Net packaging consumption = issues − unused returns; report scrap separately and normalize by net edible product mass	Supplier specification, unit-mass check, stock reconciliation, and packaging revision
cp_cleaning_records	cleaning_sanitation	Cleaning water, chemicals, energy, and sanitation cycles	SSOP or sanitation programme, dosing, meter, runtime, and chemical issue records	cycle_id; area_or_equipment; water; chemical_product; concentration; dose; contact_time; energy; linked_campaign	Collect each sanitation cycle and link shared cycles to covered production using documented campaign or line basis	kg; m3; kWh; MJ	Each cycle	Entire reporting period	Product-contact and process areas within the boundary	Sum resources by cycle, exclude unrelated areas, allocate shared cycles causally, and normalize by covered product mass	Written procedure, dosing verification, meter evidence, concentration check, and completion record
cp_waste_records	ingredient_receiving_storage; preparation_formulation; thermal_processing; post_cook_packaging; wastewater_waste_handling	Food loss, rejects, packaging waste, sludge, recovered products, and dispatched residuals	Bin scale, waste manifest, invoice, transfer note, and treatment record	stream_id; material; product_or_waste_status; mass; volume; destination; treatment_route; hazardous_status; batch_or_period	Weigh by stream where feasible and reconcile internal transfer with site-boundary dispatch	kg or m3	Each dispatch and reporting interval	Same period as product output	Every included site and residual route	Sum by stream and fate, avoid duplicate internal transfers, and normalize by reference-product mass	Calibrated scales, manifests, contractor records, and product-specification evidence for co-products
cp_mass_balance	preparation_formulation; thermal_processing; post_cook_packaging; wastewater_waste_handling	Batch and reporting-period mass reconciliation	Ingredient, product, rework, waste, wastewater-solids, and inventory-change records	input_mass; output_mass; rework_in; rework_out; waste_mass; saleable_coproduct_mass; inventory_change; moisture_or_evaporation_basis	Reconcile each route at batch level where feasible and at reporting-period level	kg	Each batch and reporting period	Entire reporting period	Each included process and site	Inputs + opening inventory = products + co-products + wastes + closing inventory + explained evaporation or moisture change + residual	Signed reconciliation, explained residual, and consistent wet/dry basis
cp_direct_emissions	thermal_processing; wastewater_waste_handling	Direct air emissions from on-site energy or treatment	Fuel record, stack measurement, permit report, and calculation worksheet	fuel_type; fuel_amount; heating_value; substance; measured_concentration; gas_flow; factor; factor_source; control_efficiency	Use site measurement where available; otherwise apply a disclosed factor to collected fuel data	kg substance	Measurement event and reporting period	Same period as fuel and product output	All in-boundary direct sources	Calculate each substance separately and prevent duplication with upstream energy datasets	Calibration, laboratory or permit report, factor source, and calculation audit trail
cp_refrigerant_records	post_cook_packaging; finished_storage_dispatch	Refrigerant make-up, recovery, and leakage	Equipment register and service record	equipment_id; refrigerant; opening_charge; additions; recovered_mass; closing_charge; service_date; process_assignment	Use service-record mass balance and assign equipment consistently	kg	Each service event and reporting period	Entire reporting period	All in-boundary cooling and storage equipment	Leakage = opening + additions − recovered − closing, bounded at zero after resolving data errors; allocate shared systems by causal cooling or mass-time driver	Technician record, refrigerant identity, equipment register, and reconciliation
cp_wastewater_quality	cleaning_sanitation; wastewater_waste_handling	Direct waterborne releases	Discharge meter, composite sample, laboratory result, and treatment log	sample_id; substance; concentration; discharge_volume; sampling_period; detection_limit; treatment_state; receiving_compartment	Pair representative concentration with the matching discharge volume and sampling period	kg substance; mg/L; m3	Permit or monitoring frequency	Same period as wastewater discharge	Every direct environmental discharge point	Emitted mass = concentration × discharge volume with unit conversion and non-detect treatment disclosed	Accredited laboratory result, sampling method, meter calibration, and permit record
cp_finished_storage	finished_storage_dispatch	Finished mass-time occupancy, energy, rejects, and release	Warehouse inventory, temperature, electricity, dispatch, and reject records	product_id; market_state; mass; entry_time; release_time; storage_zone; temperature; electricity; reject_mass	Collect mass-time inventory and match it to storage-zone utilities and dispatch	kg; kg·day; kWh; °C	Continuous or daily inventory and each dispatch	Entire reporting period	Every included finished-product storage zone	Allocate storage utilities by mass-time occupancy or another documented causal driver and normalize by released product mass	Inventory reconciliation, temperature log, meter record, and dispatch evidence

Calculation Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Formula or rule	Inputs	Output	source_ids
calc_reference_normalization	All foreground rows	Normalized amount = attributable row amount / net conforming product mass released at factory gate	Attributable amount; net conforming product mass	Amount per 1 kg reference product	eu-pef-method-2021
calc_batch_mass_balance	Preparation, thermal processing, post-cook handling, and residual management	Reconcile inputs and opening inventory against products, co-products, wastes, closing inventory, and explained evaporation or moisture change; investigate and disclose the residual rather than forcing it to zero	cp_ingredient_bom; cp_mass_balance; cp_waste_records; cp_water_records	Process- and period-level mass balance with explained residual	eu-pef-method-2021
calc_shared_utility_allocation	Shared energy, water, storage, cleaning, and treatment systems	Apply the allocation hierarchy: direct sub-metering or subdivision first; otherwise use a documented causal physical driver; use another relationship only with justification and sensitivity	Shared utility total; covered and total driver quantities	Attributable utility amount by product	eu-pef-method-2021
calc_inbound_transport	Supplier-to-site transport not embedded upstream	Transport work = delivered mass in tonnes × route distance in kilometres, summed by mode and leg	cp_inbound_transport fields	tkm per 1 kg reference product	eu-pef-method-2021
calc_refrigerant_loss	Cooling and storage equipment	Refrigerant loss = opening charge + additions − recovered mass − closing charge; resolve any negative result as a data-quality error before normalization	cp_refrigerant_records fields	kg leakage by substance per 1 kg reference product	eu-pef-method-2021
calc_direct_emission	On-site combustion and treatment emissions	Emitted mass by substance = measured mass or collected activity data × disclosed factor, adjusted only by documented control efficiency; do not use the provisional QA range as a factor	cp_direct_emissions fields	kg direct emission by substance per 1 kg reference product	eu-pef-method-2021
calc_waterborne_release	Direct wastewater discharge	Emitted mass = representative concentration × matching discharge volume with explicit unit conversion; state non-detect handling and treatment state	cp_wastewater_quality fields	kg released substance per 1 kg reference product	eu-pef-method-2021

Data Quality Requirements

requirement_id	Applies to	Requirement	Evidence
dq_identity_traceability	Product, ingredients, packaging, wastes, and source data	Retain product formulation, lot or batch, supplier, site, reporting period, flow identity, and unit basis so every aggregated value can be traced to its source records.	Batch genealogy, purchase and issue records, specifications, and data extract audit trail
dq_temporal_coverage	Foreground activity data	Use one representative reporting period that covers declared seasonal, recipe, route, and operating variation. State excluded shutdowns, campaigns, missing intervals, and any extrapolation.	Coverage table, production calendar, meter completeness, and gap log
dq_representativeness	Foreground and upstream datasets	Assess technological, geographical, and time-related representativeness and precision. Explain proxies and mismatches for meat species, ingredient technology, electricity geography, packaging, transport, treatment, and market state.	Representativeness assessment and proxy justification
dq_completeness_consistency	Complete inventory	Demonstrate completeness and methodological consistency for ingredients, packaging, utilities, products, co-products, wastes, wastewater, and direct releases. Apply consistent wet/dry, gross/net, and edible/package mass bases.	Mass, water, energy, and waste reconciliation; documented cut-off screen
dq_measurement_control	Scales, meters, temperature sensors, laboratory data, and calculated values	Retain calibration or verification status, resolution, sampling basis, conversion factors, and calculation worksheets. Do not replace foreground values with provisional PCR screening ranges.	Calibration certificates, laboratory reports, formulas, and review record
dq_method_disclosure	Allocation, cut-off, data gaps, and downstream exclusions	Document the allocation hierarchy applied, every exclusion, cumulative cut-off evidence, data gaps, proxy datasets, and the gate nature of the published dataset.	Method statement, sensitivity where relevant, limitation register, and reviewer evidence

9. Validation Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
validate_reference_identity	Reference flow	Require exactly 1 kg net edible product using Sauce braised products UUID 61b586fc-1d4a-4abe-981d-19c27f9a33b0, Mass UUID 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66, Units of mass UUID 93a60a57-a4c8-11da-a746-0800200c9a66, and unit kg. Reject packaging-inclusive reference mass.
validate_representative_flow_scope	Product identity	Require a declaration that Sauce braised products is the representative real CPC 21186 product flow, not a generic name for all meat-based dishes. For another covered product, require the actual product name and a representativeness limitation.
validate_required_qualifiers	Functional unit and reference product	Require all listed qualifiers, including meat species and content basis, formulation family, readiness state, process route, market state, packaging, storage temperature, shelf-life, geography, and production period.	eu-pef-method-2021; codex-cxc-1-1969-2022; codex-cxc-58-2005
validate_process_coverage	Foreground process map	Require all applicable receiving, preparation, thermal, post-cook, packaging, cleaning, residual-management, and finished-storage operations. Any omitted applicable operation shall be justified and assessed under the cut-off rule.	eu-pef-method-2021; codex-cxc-1-1969-2022; codex-cxc-58-2005
validate_mass_balance	Product routes and reporting period	Require reconciled ingredient, product, co-product, rework, waste, wastewater-solids, inventory-change, evaporation, and moisture-change terms. Unexplained residuals shall be reported and resolved; do not force balance by adjusting the reference product.	eu-pef-method-2021
validate_no_double_counting	Upstream and foreground modelling	Reject duplicate upstream burdens, internal-transfer exchanges, treatment emissions, or rework. Purchased energy includes upstream supply while only on-site direct emissions are elementary foreground outputs.	eu-pef-method-2021
validate_allocation_hierarchy	Shared and multifunctional processes	Require subdivision or system expansion assessment first, a relevant physical relationship second, and another relationship only with justification. Require drivers and allocated totals to reconcile to the shared total.	eu-pef-method-2021
validate_cutoff_and_completeness	Exclusions and inventory completeness	Reject cut-off of specified important flows. For any other exclusion, require documented screening, cumulative 3% checks for material, energy, and environmental significance, and limitation disclosure.	eu-pef-method-2021
validate_food_process_records	Thermal processing, cooling, storage, water, and sanitation	Require route-appropriate time-temperature, water-source, cleaning-cycle, and waste-disposition records sufficient to support the inventory and declared product state.	codex-cxc-1-1969-2022; codex-cxc-58-2005
validate_provisional_ranges	Every reasoned_estimate range	Treat provisional ranges only as QA screens. Require actual dataset amounts from foreground records or calculations, and flag any use of a provisional bound as a default emission factor or final amount.

10. Published Dataset Profile

Field	Value
dataset_role	Factory-gate foreground production dataset for a declared prepared meat-based dish or meal
downstream_use	secondary_dataset; background_dataset for lifecycle models whose product, technology, geography, market state, packaging, and time period match the declared profile
allowed_use	Modelling production of the declared prepared meat-based dish or meal through factory-gate release; comparative or aggregate use only after checking reference-flow, recipe, meat species, processing route, packaging, storage, allocation, and data-quality compatibility
excluded_use	Generic representation of every CPC 21186 product without qualification; raw meat, slaughter, meat preparation sold raw, fish- or vegetable-based meals, catering service, retail, consumer cooking, consumption, or end-of-life without additional modules; use of provisional ranges as final inventory factors
required_metadata	PCR id and version state; actual product name; representative-flow relationship; CPC mapping context; meat species and content basis; recipe family; preparation and thermal route; ready state; chilled, frozen, or shelf-stable state; packaging; net mass basis; site and geography; production period; storage temperature and shelf-life; included and excluded stages; allocation; cut-offs; upstream dataset list
required_quality_disclosure	Foreground period and coverage; mass, water, energy, and waste reconciliation; meter and scale status; ingredient and packaging BoM specificity; technological, geographical, and temporal representativeness; precision; proxies; data gaps; allocation drivers; exclusions; direct-emission calculation methods; status of every provisional range
update_trigger	Material change in recipe or meat-content basis, meat species, thermal route, packaging, market state, storage requirement, site or geography, energy or water system, waste or wastewater treatment, allocation method, reference-flow identity, source method, or foreground data older than the producer's accepted representativeness period

11. Data Sources

Source id	Type	Reference	Used for
eu-pef-method-2021	official_guidance	European Commission, Commission Recommendation (EU) 2021/2279 on the use of the Environmental Footprint methods, Annex I Product Environmental Footprint method, CELEX 32021H2279, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reco/2021/2279/oj/eng/pdf (retrieved 2026-08-11)	Functional-unit dimensions; supply-chain system boundary; company-specific BoM and manufacturing data; co-product, by-product, and waste disclosure; allocation hierarchy; cut-off controls; completeness and data-quality requirements
codex-cxc-1-1969-2022	standard	FAO and WHO, General Principles of Food Hygiene, CXC 1-1969, revised 2022, Rome 2023, DOI 10.4060/cc6125en, https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/sh-proxy/en/?lnk=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkspace.fao.org%2Fsites%2Fcodex%2FStandards%2FCXC%2B1-1969%2FCXC_001e.pdf (retrieved 2026-08-11)	Food-processing scope; time-temperature records; safe water; cleaning and disinfection cycles; drainage, wastewater, and waste-management process inclusion; quality evidence for product-state declarations
codex-cxc-58-2005	standard	Codex Alimentarius Commission, Code of Hygienic Practice for Meat, CXC 58-2005, https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/sh-proxy/en/?lnk=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkspace.fao.org%2Fsites%2Fcodex%2FStandards%2FCXC%2B58-2005%2FCXC_058e.pdf (retrieved 2026-08-11)	Meat preparation and manufactured-meat identity; temperature-controlled handling; cooling, chilling, packaging, sanitation, wastewater, and waste process decomposition; product and waste-status evidence