Sausages and similar products of meat, offal or blood · 8. Foreground Data Collection, Calculation, and Quality Rules

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_animal_material_mass	formulation_material_receiving	animal-derived formulation inputs	delivery lot mass records	supplier lot id; species; anatomical material; receiving state; gross mass; tare mass; accepted mass; rejected mass	Calibrated receiving scale reconciled to supplier delivery documents.	kg	each delivery lot	complete production campaign	all incoming animal-material receiving points	Sum accepted net mass by exact material identity and allocate only to the locked batch.	Scale calibration, supplier specification, lot traceability, acceptance record
cp_stage_electricity	multiple	stage electricity	submeter interval records	meter id; opening reading; closing reading; timestamp; process state; batch id	Read a dedicated submeter; where one meter covers several batches, retain the causal attribution calculation.	kWh	each batch or metered interval	complete production campaign	all included foreground stages	Difference meter readings and attribute only intervals demonstrably serving the locked batch.	Meter calibration, interval log, coverage statement
cp_refrigerant_reconciliation	multiple	refrigerant makeup and release	refrigerant inventory records	refrigerant identity; opening stock; purchases; additions; recovery; transfer; closing stock; equipment id; batch attribution	Reconcile each refrigerant separately using inventory and service records.	kg	each service event and reporting campaign	complete production campaign	Calculate unrecovered release separately for R717, R744, and R290; do not net different refrigerants.	Service invoices, cylinder weights, stock reconciliation	undefined
cp_material_waste_mass	multiple	specific solid or product waste	waste scale records	row_id; exact material identity; gross mass; tare mass; destination; batch id	Weigh each named waste stream separately before storage or dispatch.	kg	each container or batch	complete production campaign	Sum net mass by row_id and locked batch; no cross-material consolidation.	Scale calibration, waste ticket, destination record	undefined
cp_recipe_component_mass	comminution_batching_mixing	recipe component	batch formulation records	component identity; supplier grade; lot id; gross mass; tare mass; actual charged mass; batch id	Use calibrated dosing scales or mass-flow records for every concrete component.	kg	each charge	complete production campaign	Sum actual charged mass by exact component and reconcile to the approved locked recipe.	Scale calibration, recipe revision, supplier specification	undefined
cp_process_utility_volume	comminution_batching_mixing	compressed air	utility meter records	meter id; opening reading; closing reading; pressure basis; temperature basis; batch id	Read the dedicated utility meter and preserve standard-condition conversion inputs.	m3	each batch or interval	complete production campaign	Difference readings on one declared condition basis and attribute to the locked batch.	Meter calibration, condition-conversion record	undefined
cp_intermediate_product_mass	multiple	specific intermediate product	batch scale records	exact intermediate name; batch id; gross mass; tare mass; net mass; treatment state	Weigh each concrete intermediate at the named process transfer.	kg	each transfer	complete production campaign	Sum only the one locked product route and reconcile transfers between consecutive stages.	Scale calibration, batch traveller, route record	undefined
cp_process_water_mass	multiple	process water	water meter or weighed charge records	water source; meter id or scale id; opening; closing; charged mass; batch id	Meter or weigh the named process-water exchange separately from cleaning water.	kg	each batch or interval	complete production campaign	Calculate net water mass on the recorded density basis and attribute to the locked batch.	Meter or scale calibration, water-source record	undefined
cp_wastewater_volume	multiple	specific wastewater stream	flow-meter records	stream identity; meter id; opening; closing; timestamp; batch id	Meter each named wastewater stream before mixing with another stream.	m3	continuous total with batch reconciliation	complete production campaign	Difference readings and attribute the measured volume to the locked campaign.	Flow-meter calibration, drainage map, batch reconciliation	undefined
cp_direct_emission_measurement	multiple	specific direct air emission	stack or workplace emission measurements	pollutant identity; sampling point; sample time; concentration; flow; detection limit; operating state; batch id	Use validated direct monitoring or sampling for the one named pollutant.	kg	each valid sampling campaign	representative operation during the production campaign	Integrate measured concentration and flow over attributable operating time; do not substitute an uncited factor.	Laboratory report, method id, detection limit, operating log	undefined
cp_casing_mass	portion_forming	specific casing	casing issue and return records	casing identity; species or polymer; lot id; issued mass; returned mass; trim mass; batch id	Weigh each exact casing material issued, returned, and trimmed.	kg	each casing lot and batch	complete production campaign	Issued mass minus verified return; retain trim as its own waste row.	Scale calibration, casing specification, issue-return log	undefined
cp_purchased_heat	multiple	purchased steam or purchased hot water	utility meter and invoice records	carrier identity; meter id; mass or energy; inlet state; outlet state; timestamp; batch id	Meter purchased steam and purchased hot water as separate carriers.	MJ	each batch or utility interval	complete production campaign	Use metered energy or calculate enthalpy only from recorded state data; never combine the two carriers.	Meter calibration, invoice, state record	undefined
cp_internal_heat_output	multiple	onsite steam or onsite hot water	heat-output meter records	carrier identity; output meter id; mass; temperature; pressure; enthalpy basis; timestamp; batch id	Meter onsite-generated steam and onsite-generated hot water separately at the generator outlet and point of use.	MJ	each batch or utility interval	complete production campaign	Reconcile generator output and process use by carrier; prevent double counting with purchased heat.	Meter calibration, state record, heat-balance reconciliation	undefined
cp_fuel_inventory	multiple	specific fuel	tank, mass-flow, or invoice records	fuel identity; opening stock; receipts; closing stock; meter reading; density; batch id	Reconcile natural gas, diesel, and LPG separately; preserve supplier lower-heating-value data if energy conversion is required.	kg	each batch or reporting interval	complete production campaign	Opening plus receipts minus closing and verified transfers, attributed only to the operating interval serving the locked batch.	Meter or tank calibration, invoice, supplier fuel specification	undefined
cp_packaging_material_mass	packaging_cold_storage_release	specific packaging material	packaging issue and return records	material identity; supplier grade; lot id; issued mass; returned mass; scrap mass; batch id	Weigh each packaging material separately; do not infer one material from total pack count.	kg	each packaging lot and batch	complete production campaign	Issued mass minus verified return; reconcile scrap to the matching material-specific waste row.	Scale calibration, supplier specification, issue-return log	undefined
cp_final_product_mass	packaging_cold_storage_release	one concrete final product	release scale and quality records	exact product name; animal and tissue identity; formulation id; route sequence; market state; gross mass; tare mass; packaging mass; conforming net mass; batch id	Weigh conforming saleable food mass after final treatment and before including packaging mass.	kg	each released batch	complete production campaign	Sum only conforming net product for one locked product row; exclude packaging and all rejects.	Scale calibration, release certificate, product specification, route record	undefined
cp_cleaning_water_mass	hygiene_cleaning_sanitation	cleaning water	dedicated meter records	meter id; opening; closing; cleaning event id; equipment or area; batch attribution	Meter potable cleaning water separately from formulation and cooking water.	kg	each cleaning event	complete attributable cleaning campaign	Difference readings and attribute only the cleaning event serving the locked campaign.	Meter calibration, sanitation schedule, event log	undefined
cp_cleaning_chemical_mass	hygiene_cleaning_sanitation	specific cleaning chemical	chemical issue records	chemical identity; concentration as supplied; lot id; issued mass; returned mass; event id; batch attribution	Weigh sodium hydroxide, nitric acid, phosphoric acid, peracetic acid, and sodium hypochlorite separately.	kg	each cleaning event	complete attributable cleaning campaign	Issued mass minus verified return for the exact chemical; retain concentration as supplied.	Scale calibration, safety data sheet, chemical issue log	undefined
cp_wwtp_chemical_mass	onsite_wastewater_treatment	specific wastewater-treatment chemical	chemical dosing records	chemical identity; concentration as supplied; opening stock; receipts; closing stock; dosing meter; campaign id	Reconcile each named treatment chemical separately.	kg	each treatment campaign	complete attributable treatment campaign	Opening plus receipts minus closing and verified transfer, reconciled with dosing records.	Scale or dosing-pump calibration, invoice, stock record	undefined
cp_sludge_mass	onsite_wastewater_treatment	specific sludge	dewatered sludge scale records	sludge identity; gross mass; tare mass; dry matter; destination; campaign id	Weigh each named sludge separately and retain measured dry-matter content.	kg	each container or dispatch	complete attributable treatment campaign	Sum net wet mass by sludge identity; disclose dry matter without converting unless required.	Scale calibration, dry-matter test, dispatch ticket	undefined
cp_wastewater_pollutant_load	onsite_wastewater_treatment	specific water or air pollutant	flow and laboratory records	pollutant identity; sample point; concentration; detection limit; wastewater flow; air flow where relevant; time interval; campaign id	Use validated sampling for each named pollutant and pair it with the corresponding measured flow.	kg	each representative sampling interval	complete attributable treatment campaign	Calculate load as concentration times matching flow and integrate over the attributable campaign; keep each pollutant separate.	Laboratory accreditation, analytical method, detection limit, flow-meter calibration	undefined

Calculation Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Formula or rule	Inputs	Output	source_ids
normalize_to_reference	all inventory amounts	normalized_amount = batch_attributable_amount / net_conforming_product_mass	batch_attributable_amount; net_conforming_product_mass	amount per 1 kg reference product	eu-pef-2021-2279
recipe_reconciliation	formulation	recipe_difference = accepted_animal_materials + charged_components - mixture_output - named_losses	accepted material masses; component charges; mixture output; named losses	recipe mass-balance difference	eu-pef-2021-2279
forming_reconciliation	portion forming	forming_difference = mixture_input + casing_input - formed_product_output - casing_trim - product_reject	mixture mass; casing mass; formed output; trim; reject	forming mass-balance difference	eu-pef-2021-2279
refrigerant_release	each refrigerant	release = opening_stock + purchases + additions - closing_stock - recovered_mass - verified_transfers	refrigerant inventory fields for one chemical	unrecovered refrigerant release	eu-pef-2021-2279
wastewater_pollutant_load	each wastewater pollutant	pollutant_load = concentration × matching_wastewater_volume with documented unit conversion	pollutant concentration; matching flow volume	pollutant mass	eu-pef-2021-2279, jrc-sa-bref-2024
packaging_use	each packaging material	packaging_use = issued_mass - returned_unused_mass	issued mass; returned unused mass	packaging material input	eu-pef-2021-2279
packaging_scrap	each packaging material	packaging_scrap = trim_mass + damaged_mass + unrecovered_setup_mass	trim; damaged material; setup loss	material-specific packaging waste	eu-pef-2021-2279
fuel_reconciliation	each fuel	fuel_use = opening_stock + receipts - closing_stock - verified_transfers	stock and meter records for one fuel	fuel mass attributable to the campaign	eu-pef-2021-2279, jrc-sa-bref-2024
heat_reconciliation	steam and hot water	heat_difference = measured_generator_output + purchased_heat - measured_process_heat_use - measured_distribution_loss	carrier-specific generator, purchase, use, and loss records	carrier-specific heat reconciliation	eu-pef-2021-2279, jrc-sa-bref-2024
yield	final product	conforming_yield = net_conforming_product_mass / total_locked_recipe_input_mass	net conforming output; locked recipe input mass	route-specific conforming yield	eu-pef-2021-2279

Data Quality Requirements

requirement_id	Applies to	Requirement	Evidence
dq_product_identity	reference and final output	Retain exact product name, animal species, skeletal meat or named organ or blood identity, formulation revision, casing or shape-forming method, ordered treatment sequence, and final market state.	Approved product specification and batch traveller
dq_lot_traceability	animal and recipe inputs	Retain supplier, lot, receiving state, acceptance decision, and link from each concrete input to the locked batch.	Supplier certificate, receiving log, batch genealogy
dq_measurement	mass and utility records	Use calibrated equipment and retain raw readings, tare, units, timestamps, and operator or automated record identity.	Calibration certificate and immutable raw record
dq_treatment_parameters	curing, fermentation, drying, smoking and heat treatment	Retain actual time, temperature, humidity, airflow, smoke application, and internal product temperature fields applicable to the locked route.	Validated process record and control chart
dq_cold_chain	receiving, cooling and storage	Retain continuous or batch-resolved temperature records and deviations for chilled or frozen material and product.	Temperature logger record and deviation disposition
dq_completeness	complete LCI	Account for every concrete recipe component, utility carrier, refrigerant, cleaning chemical, package material, product, reject, waste stream, wastewater pollutant, and direct air emission that physically crosses the boundary.	Row-level completeness checklist tied to process map
dq_mass_balance	material processes	Reconcile recipe, forming, treatment, packaging, product, and waste masses for the same campaign; investigate unexplained differences.	Signed batch mass-balance worksheet
dq_temporal	campaign data	Use records from the same production campaign or a disclosed representative period with exact route equivalence.	Time-stamped production and utility records
dq_specificity	shared records	Document every attribution driver and demonstrate that it represents the single locked product rather than a facility or CPC-category average.	Allocation worksheet and meter map
dq_wastewater	wastewater and pollutants	Retain sampling point, method, detection limit, matching flow interval, treatment state, and laboratory accreditation.	Laboratory report and flow-meter record
dq_emissions	direct emissions	Retain pollutant-specific monitoring or sampling method, operating state, detection limit, and temporal representativeness.	Monitoring report and operating log
dq_no_defaults	all quantitative rows	Do not replace missing foreground data with uncited default amounts, ranges, or estimates in this candidate PCR.	Data-gap register identifying the missing record
dq_source_transparency	method rules	Retain source identifiers and disclose where CPC scope, Codex process categories, JRC process structure, or PEF modelling rules are applied.	Source-to-rule traceability record

9. Validation Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
val_identity	reference flow	Reference product UUID shall equal d4e41d5c-a905-4fb7-ad9d-8f442be1f833, flow property UUID shall equal 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66, unit-group UUID shall equal 93a60a57-a4c8-11da-a746-0800200c9a66, and unit shall be kg.	un-cpc-3-2025
val_single_route	dataset identity	Reject a package that does not lock one concrete product form, named animal and tissue or blood recipe, exact formulation revision, ordered treatment sequence, and final market state.	un-cpc-3-2025, eu-pef-2021-2279, codex-cxs-192-1995
val_scope	product identity	Reject complete meals and any galantine, meat paste, pâté, or rillettes output that is not supplied in a casing or sausage form.	un-cpc-3-2025
val_reference_mass	reference amount	Reference amount shall be 1 kg net conforming edible product and shall exclude packaging.	eu-pef-2021-2279
val_atomic_selected_flow	inventory cards	Reject any Selected flow that names a collection, selector, alternative list, unspecified ingredient, seasoning, casing, carrier, packaging material, waste, pollutant, or emission.	eu-pef-2021-2279
val_uuid_policy	inventory identity	Every non-reference UUID shall remain blank unless both exact hybrid-search and public state-100 direct-read evidence confirm the same atomic semantics.	eu-pef-2021-2279
val_manifest_closure	inventory identity	Every blank inventory UUID row_id shall have exactly one unresolved manifest entry with the same candidate flow and a concrete rejection reason.	eu-pef-2021-2279
val_process_map	process inventory	Every required process shall have one detailed section; each conditional process shall be present exactly when its named operation occurs in the locked route.	eu-pef-2021-2279, codex-cxs-192-1995, codex-cxc-58-2005
val_recipe_completeness	formulation	Reject a package with any actual meat, named organ, blood, fat, water, ice, salt, spice, additive, binder, starter, or casing hidden inside an aggregate recipe row.	eu-pef-2021-2279, codex-cxs-192-1995
val_casing_identity	portion forming	Require the exact animal species for natural casing or exact polymer for manufactured casing; reject a generic casing exchange.	codex-cxs-192-1995
val_energy_split	utilities	Require separate rows for grid electricity, purchased steam, purchased hot water, onsite steam, onsite hot water, natural gas, diesel, and LPG when applicable.	eu-pef-2021-2279, jrc-sa-bref-2024
val_heat_double_count	heat	Reject simultaneous counting of purchased heat and its onsite fuel-generation burden for the same heat quantity.	eu-pef-2021-2279
val_refrigerant_split	refrigeration	Require separate makeup and release reconciliation for each refrigerant actually used; reject a generic refrigerant flow.	eu-pef-2021-2279, jrc-sa-bref-2024
val_chemical_split	chemicals	Require one row per exact additive, curing agent, cleaning chemical, sanitiser, and wastewater-treatment chemical.	eu-pef-2021-2279, codex-cxs-192-1995, codex-cxc-58-2005
val_packaging_split	packaging	Require one row per exact packaging material and a matching material-specific scrap row when scrap occurs.	eu-pef-2021-2279
val_product_output	final output	Exactly one concrete final-product output row shall carry the 1 kg normalized reference amount; all other final-product rows shall be not applicable.	un-cpc-3-2025, eu-pef-2021-2279
val_waste_split	wastes	Require separate rows for each concrete product reject, casing trim, packaging scrap, sludge, residue, and wastewater stream that occurs.	eu-pef-2021-2279, jrc-sa-bref-2024
val_pollutant_split	emissions	Require one row per named water pollutant and one row per named air emission; reject a combined pollutants or emissions row.	eu-pef-2021-2279, jrc-sa-bref-2024
val_mass_balance	mass balance	Recipe, forming, treatment, final product, reject, and waste records shall reconcile for the same campaign or disclose and investigate the difference.	eu-pef-2021-2279
val_nonnegative	amounts	Reject negative mass, energy, volume, concentration, or emission values.	eu-pef-2021-2279
val_foreground_modes	amount production	Inventory amounts shall use foreground_record or calculated_value only; reject fixed_value, modelled_estimate, reasoned_estimate, and uncited ranges.	eu-pef-2021-2279
val_protocol_links	collection	Every collected_record or calculated_from_collection row shall reference an existing collection protocol.	eu-pef-2021-2279
val_source_whitelist	sources	Source ids shall be limited to the retained UN CPC 3.0 source, JRC135916, Recommendation (EU) 2021/2279, CXC 58-2005, and CXS 192-1995.	un-cpc-3-2025, jrc-sa-bref-2024, eu-pef-2021-2279, codex-cxc-58-2005, codex-cxs-192-1995
val_bilingual	translation	English and Chinese shall preserve identical ordered process_id, row_id, direction, flow_type, Selected flow, controlled tokens, protocol ids, source ids, and normative rule ids.	eu-pef-2021-2279
val_temperature_records	treated products	Require actual time and temperature records for heat treatment and actual time, temperature, humidity, or airflow records for each applicable conditioning step.	codex-cxc-58-2005, codex-cxs-192-1995
val_unlisted_variant	scope variants	Reject use of an aggregate fallback row for an in-scope unlisted species, organ, blood source, formulation component, product form, package, waste, pollutant, or emission; add an exact atomic row first.	un-cpc-3-2025, eu-pef-2021-2279, codex-cxs-192-1995

10. Published Dataset Profile

Field	Value
dataset_role	secondary_dataset candidate suitable for later reviewed use as a background_dataset only when all exact-route requirements and validation rules are satisfied.
downstream_use	Product-specific process and lifecycle-model construction for the same concrete product form, animal-derived formulation, treatment sequence, market state, geography, technology, and period.
allowed_use	Use for a matching sausage or sausage-like product when the complete product identity, recipe, applicable process map, atomic inventory, allocation, data quality, and unresolved UUID disclosures are available.
excluded_use	Do not use as a CPC-wide average, a proxy across animal species, organs, blood sources, recipes, casing systems, treatment routes, or market states, or for complete meals and related products outside a casing or sausage form.
required_metadata	PCR id; CPC 21184; exact product name; animal species and anatomical material identity; formulation revision; batch id and dates; ordered route; casing or forming method; treatment controls; final state; net reference mass; packaging composition; site and geography; technology; allocation method; source ids; UUID-resolution status.
required_quality_disclosure	Meter and scale coverage; calibration; recipe and mass-balance differences; conditional-process applicability; cold-chain and treatment records; sampling methods and detection limits; shared-resource attribution; data gaps; unresolved UUID rows; deviations and corrective actions.
update_trigger	New product form, animal species, organ, blood source, formulation revision, casing, treatment technology, refrigerant, package material, waste route, pollutant, emission, site configuration, source revision, or verified Tiangong UUID.

11. Data Sources

Source id	Type	Reference	Used for
un-cpc-3-2025	dataset	United Nations Statistics Division, Central Product Classification Version 3.0, retained raw structure dated 30 June 2025, code 21184, https://unstats.un.org/unsd/classifications/Econ/cpc (retrieved 2026-08-13).	Exact CPC 21184 category title and semantic scope boundary, including the distinction from complete meals and related non-sausage-form products.
jrc-sa-bref-2024	official_guidance	European Commission Joint Research Centre, Best Available Techniques Reference Document for the Slaughterhouses, Animal By-products and/or Edible Co-products Industries, JRC135916, EUR 31752 EN, DOI 10.2760/18199, https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC135916 (retrieved 2026-08-13).	Process decomposition for animal-derived material handling, utilities, refrigeration, cleaning, wastes, wastewater treatment, and named emissions; no default quantities imported.
eu-pef-2021-2279	official_guidance	Commission Recommendation (EU) 2021/2279 on Environmental Footprint methods, consolidated text, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reco/2021/2279/2021-12-30/eng (retrieved 2026-08-13).	Product-specific bill of materials, company-specific manufacturing data, complete LCI, allocation, data quality, reporting, and verification.
codex-cxc-58-2005	standard	Codex Alimentarius, Code of Hygienic Practice for Meat, CXC 58-2005, https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/sh-proxy/pl/?lnk=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkspace.fao.org%2Fsites%2Fcodex%2FStandards%2FCXC+58-2005%2FCXC_058e.pdf (retrieved 2026-08-13).	Manufactured-meat process control, sanitation, wastewater drainage, temperature control, heat-treatment parameter records, storage, and batch verification structure; no default quantities imported.
codex-cxs-192-1995	standard	Codex Alimentarius, General Standard for Food Additives, CXS 192-1995, food-category descriptions 08.3 and 08.4, https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/sh-proxy/en/?lnk=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fworkspace.fao.org%2Fsites%2Fcodex%2FStandards%2FCXS+192-1995%2FCXS_192e.pdf (retrieved 2026-08-13).	Official full-text taxonomy for cured, dried, fermented, heat-treated and frozen comminuted meat products and concrete natural, collagen, cellulose, and synthetic casing identities; additive limits were not imported.