TRACERT Traceability Private Certification
Pork/Beef

Degesch Japan Co., Ltd.

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Executive Summary
With increasing concern for the food safety among Japanese consumers, the Japanese government has developed
certification system for various foods, including meat product under the JAS law. JAS program for traceability andproviding production information of beef/pork products has launched since December 2003. However, JAS standard
targets too small scale facility, such as each group consisting of no more than thirty pigs or twenty cattle, andrequesting completely trucking disclosed information, which is not suitable for the larger production scale in general inthe United States.
Considering this situation, Degesch Japan has developed TRACERT Traceability Private Certification Program, whichis based on the JAS criteria of beef/pork traceability system. Most of the requirements in this Program are set up inaccordance with the JAS criteria. To be more important, the program is also arranged to be suitable to the US livestock
farming and production situation, making it possible to be applied to the existing your Meat Process Verification
Program.
Sometimes, it is difficult to track individual animal trucked to fabrication factory while retaining tracking information
chain under huge scale production. This program connects the meat production chain with Bio Shield Act 2004, FDA(Feed additive, Veterinary Drug, Meat processing), USDA (Pasture, Animal health, Feed) and EPA (Water, Air, Soil,Agricultural Chemical) program. By adding scientific verification to the certification system, the products can beappealed more confident product in the market.
This program will be able to give additional value to the Quality Assurance of your products, as well as to be utilized asa new strategic tool to expand the sales of your products, with developing to your Meat Process Verification Program
into more effective system.
This time, we would like to discuss with you about additional requirements (private requirements) except the JAScriteria, because your Meat Quality System fills with most of the requirements of the JAS criteria.
2/12Advantage of TRACERT Program
1) TRACERT program requirements more exactly verify the documentary trucking from Ranch to Fabrication Factory.
After Fabrication Factory, using shipping code identified each cargo to Japanese port.
2) Also, TRACERT program is based on JAS meat traceability regulation. Therefore, it basically fulfills the JAS main
requirements except the qualification of each manager, limited animals per pen and limited date of birth (for pig; nomore than 21 days). Our Inspectors having MAFF registered inspectors experience will also provide confidence as
certifier to the Japanese retailers or importers.
3) The major concern among Japanese consumers for imported Meat is its origin, presence of residual veterinary drug,
residual pesticide and contamination of pathogenic microorganism. This program covers the requirement of disclosing
production information; thus, dissolve such consumer’s questions so that the certified products would be easily
accepted to them.

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1. Concept of TRACERT Traceability Certification Program for Meat
(1) The TRACERT Traceability certification certifies the organization whose system fulfills the TRACERT Traceability
requirements, which is verified by on site inspection/audit(2) The TRACERT Program consist of three (3) modules as follows,- Module 1; Verify the disclosed method for production information on Ranch, Feedlot/Finisher and Fabrication
Factory.
- Module 2; Verify the disclosed method for production information on Fabrication Factory after slaughter- Module 3; Verify the disclosed production information after Boxing.
(3) This requirement is flexible with the requirement of customer to arrange, even if the customer requirement isreasonable on scientifically.
(4) TRACERT Requirements are based on the JAS requirements.

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2. Overview of Certified Facilities/Pork
To the Domestic

TRACERT Traceability Certification

Transported by verified TQA Truckers

Transported by verified TQA Truckers
Shipping lot
Shipment
To Japanconsisting ofspecified portion
pork from several
different pen pigs

Fabricated pork

Individual ID/Automated TrolleyTracking System

Assumingsame

Fabrication Factory

theproduction

methods for all
contract farmers

PQAⅢ

Contract Farmers

Contract Farmers

Contract Farmers

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Contract Farmers

3. Traceability- Record of date of birth

Ranch（Contract Farmers）

Taking samples from the marked
shipping lots, marking to theshipping lot of marked meat

Slaughtering- Management by pen number- Record of feeding- Record of medication- Slaughtering pen by pen- Pen # must be attached to branched meat

Fabrication- Pen numbers from several portion of meat must beattached to the shipping lot.

Shipping lot consisting ofspecified pork from several
different pen animal

Shipping lot
Database for connecting pen# and shipping lot

Importer

Retailers

Consumer
Search for the production information with shipping lot number

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4. Overview of Certified Facilities / Beef
To the Domestic
Bio Shield Act 2004

Shipment
EV-J
Shipping lot
consisting ofspecified portion
Beef from several
different pen cattle

Fabricated Beef
PVP/QSA

Shipment

To Japan

Fabrication Factory

Assumingsame

theproduction

methods for all
contract farmers

QSA

Contract Ranch

Contract Ranch

Contract Ranch
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Contract Ranch5. Processes of Certification
Considering of TRACERT Certification

Preparing of Documents

Application / Evaluation of Documents

Request of the lack of documents

Yes

Are Documents sufficient?
NoMaking the report / Making the inspection sheet

Inspection

Evaluation

Request of the improvement

Yes

Are there any improvements?
NoApproval / Certified

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7. TRACERT Traceability Certification Standard
TRACERT traceability private program will be doing along “TRACERT Traceability” below.
1) Products Information required
Item
Production information

Criteria
Date of birth
Name or title and address of manager (owner etc.)
Date of starting management
Address of Meat raising facility
Date of raising Meat
Contact address of manager
Name or title and address of fabrication factory manager
Name of QC manager of factory
Date of slaughter
Name of fodder supplied to animal
Veterinary drugs which supplied to animal2) Module1: Technical criteria for certification of managers of the production process for traceable animal
Item
Facilities for production

Criteria
Sites at which production information is recorded shall be of an area and structure sufficient to enable separationfrom other records when recording production information
Site at which information of slaughtering animals is recorded shall be of an area and structure sufficient to enable
separation from other record.

Facilities for storage

Facilities shall be provided with such broadness and structure not as interfering the management complied with themanagement criteria concerning the disclosure
Facilities shall be provided with such broadness and structure not as interfering the records of management and the9/12

documents shall be in custody for three years or more from the drafting of the record
Execution Method for Management

Drafting and promotion of a plan concerning the management or the grasping of the production process as themember, the organization, the subcontractor (nomination, contraction), the production plan, the flow chart ofproduction, etc.,
The production information shall be literally disclosed for every lot
Handling and guidance concerning the abnormality happened in the production process

The Manager ((the owner of pigs or The manager shall be take the individual identification as ear tag or else to each animal at it’s birth if the manager
others who manage pigs)

managed individually
The manager shall be managed every lot literally disclosed
The manager shall be informed the disclosed production information to the production person in charge if themanager is not the person in charge of production
The manager shall be assign suitable label for the animal, if the individual identification tag was accidentally takenfrom the animal

The contact person in charge of the Provide the disclosed production information more than three years from the date of attachment product lot number.
disclosed production information

Public information shall be related with each individual identification code or every group identification code. And
publish more than three years, except seven days after the final product was completely consumed

Internal regulation

Item related to recordkeeping, storage and itemizing
Item related to slaughter
Item related storage and delivery of Meat
Item related annually report of production plan and information to certify agent
Item related to report of management status of production to certify agent and required documents

Record on the disclosed production Record on the disclosed production information and references shall be keep and itemizing more than three years
information and references

after slaughter of each animal,

Review of internal regulations

Internal regulation shall be reviewed adequate and fill educated to employee

The manager of production

At least one of qualified manager of production shall be available

The manager of production

The qualified manager of production shall be aware enough training
The manager of production shall be elected among personals in charge of production

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The manual of labeling shall be Item related to inspection of production
actuallyand

systematically Item related to labelingprovided

Item related to handling method on every lot after labeling
Item related to document control
Item related to relation between label and disclosed production information
Item related to inspection and audit of certify agent

Verification of labeling
VerificationofAccording to labeling manual, ensuring label is corrected as result of labelingtraceabilityof Verify traceability on each individual identification code or every group identification code

individual Identification code orgroup Identification code
Verification of labeling
Qualification

andVerify label in which information is according to labeling manual and correct.
numberof At least one of the labeling person in charge who is qualified and educated with the labeling personnel of JAS forlabeling personnel in charge

Meat with disclosed information course by certify agent, and assigned suitable personnel to each facilities

The labeling manager

A labeling manager assigned from labeling personnel

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8. Requirements of documentation for TRACERT Traceability Certification
1) Land area, Location map of area and Location of housing on the facility of production2) Site map of the recordkeeping area
3) Site map of the Factory4) Tension trees of the organization, member and name of each manager
5) Responsibility of the production manager
6) Annual production plan
7) Manual of the production and information method
8) Document of the reproductive management such as fodder
9) Document of the ranch management
10) Selection and Purchasing of Fodder
11) Document of accidental matter on the production12) Manual and practice of inconformity on the product after labeling13) Manual and sheets of slaughter and packing14) Manual of the review for Internal regulations15) Manual of the education for employees16) Manual of the labeling17) Manual of the handling method after labeling18) Manual of the quantification on person in charge of labeling

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