Meat Supply Chain Project (MSCP)
Meat Supply Chain Task Force (MSCTF)
Description
Facilitate efficient international meat trade and food safety measures by developing and promoting global solutions for the identification, communication and traceability of meat products.

Objectives
MSCP: Deploying EAN·UCC System tools in support of the United Nations Meat Carcasses & Cuts Standard

  • MSCTF: Deploying EAN·UCC System tools in support of the European Union beef-labelling regulation

Partners
European Commission

  • EuroHandelsinstitute (EHI)
  • European Livestock & Meat Trading Union (UECBV)
  • Retail, Wholesale & International Trade Representation to the EU (EUROCOMMERCE)
  • Liaison Centre of the Meat Processing Industry in the EU (CLITRAVI)
  • Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA)
  • United Nations Specialised Section on the Standardisation of Meat (UN/ECE)
  • United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
  • International Meat Secretariat (IMS)

Publications & Documents

  • Traceability of Beef - Application of EAN·UCC standards in implementing Council Regulation (EC) No. 820/97 (first edition February 1999)
  • MSCTF visit to Rasting: Report and Photographs
  • EAN International discusses the application of Regulation 820/97 with national competent authorities in the EU
  • EAN·UCC and DNA Meat Safety Traceback Systems join forces for the benefit of consumers and the international meat trade
  • EAN International secures important role in the European Commission sponsored Meat Automation Concerted Action
  • United Nations recommends the EAN·UCC to identify meat carcasses and cuts
  • Cold storage and logistics sector to apply EAN·UCC System
  • CCG and GENCOD-EAN France take the lead in developing a livestock and meat supply chain business model under the auspices of the Meat Supply Chain Project
  • "Supply Chain Management and Food Safety Traceability (Beef) - EAN Numbering and Barcoding" - VHS video and CD-ROM produced by Meat & Livestock Australia
  • UN/ECE Specialised Section on Standardisation of Meat - Draft UN/ECE Standard
  • CCG/EHI: draft Data Dictionary for EDI Pork
  • German PRODAT user profile for the transmission of master data of the origin of bovine
  • GENCOD-EAN France Presentation: Bovine Identification Information System
  • Task Force visit to Rasting: Report and Photographs

Press Releases & Articles

  • Dutch Retailers recommend EAN·UCC System for tracking beef products throughout the EU
  • EAN releases an international solution for tracing meat products
  • "Standards must not restrict trade" - interview published by Meat International, the Worldwide Magazine on Meat Trade and Technology
  • "Meat Supply Chain Task Force Chairman visits New Zealand" - article published by EANNZ
  • "420.000 mokkette butikker" - coverage of EAN Dagen conference by Ukeavisen FK the Norwegian grocery sector newspaper
  • Agriculture Ministry appoints Gencod - Ean France to organise the National Bovine Animal Registration Edi Service
  • Australian Meat Industry Moves from Paddock to Plate with  EAN·UCC  - article published by EAN Australia 

Contact Person
Mr. Miodrag Mitic
EAN International
145 rue Royale
B-1000 Brussels
Tel: +32-2-2271038, fax: +32-2-2271020
e-mail: mailto:mitic@ean.be

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