From ear tag to pack label
How Morgan Beef identifies cattle, carcasses and packs at each step, what the records hold, and what the company can tell a customer about a pack.
01The chain
The chain
Each statement below describes what is recorded at that step. The records are kept in a manufacturing execution system in the abattoir and in an ERP system.
Every animal that enters the feedlot is identified by its ear tag and assigned to an intake batch.
The intake record holds the supplier, the farm of origin and the date of arrival.
At slaughter each animal's ear tag is linked to a carcass number.
The two sides of the carcass carry that number, together with the slaughter date and the classification result.
Carcasses enter deboning in identified lots.
Each pack produced from a lot carries a label with the product name, the lot number, the pack weight and the packing date.
Chillers, freezers and refrigerated vehicles are monitored for temperature.
The temperature records are kept against the day and the location.
Each pack is scanned into a shipment, and the shipment is linked to the customer order and the delivery document.
The delivery document identifies the packs, the quantities and the weights delivered.
The records allow Morgan Beef to identify the lots, the customers and the shipments affected by a product issue and to notify those customers.
02What we can tell you
What we can tell you
From the lot number and the packing date on a pack label, Morgan Beef can tell a customer:
Requests are handled through the contact form or the customer's sales contact.
03Questions
Questions
A pack can be traced to its deboning lot and from the lot to the carcasses in it. Where a lot holds one carcass, the pack traces to one animal; where a lot holds several carcasses, the pack traces to that group.
The retention period of the records is set by the food-safety system; the number of years is to be confirmed by Morgan Beef and will be stated here.
The affected lots are identified from the records, the customers that received them are notified, the stock still on site is held, and the regulator is informed where the law requires it.
A manufacturing execution system in the abattoir records slaughter, deboning, packing and dispatch. An ERP system records orders, deliveries and invoices. The two are linked by the shipment and the delivery document.
04Why it matters
Why it matters
Morgan Beef's records let an auditor, a customer or the regulator follow a pack back to the feedlot batch and forward to the delivery document.
The same records support halal certification, export approval and the food-safety certificate, each of which requires that product can be identified and traced.
Last reviewed 12 October 2026 Review cadence: Every quarter Report an error Independent public record