Resources

Access the following resources relating to information standards:

• Guide to Information Standards
  This guide offers a high level overview of all the work to-date including links to access technical information on numbering and bar coding of carcase tickets, non-retail variable measure cartons and bulk non-retail red meat products and pallet labels. It also explains electronic messaging for cattle and sheep National Vendor Declaration and Waybills (NVDs) and for Meat Transfer Certificates (MTCs).
  
  
• GS1 Australia (website)
  For information relating to GS1 for GS1 Standards.
  
  
• System Vendor Listing (website)
  A list of system vendors that supply information systems to the red meat supply chain. This list has been prepared from available public information and is intended as a guide only.
  
  
• MINTRAC (website)
  For information on training courses - the National Meat Industry Training Advisory Council.
  
  
• Example Cost Benefits
  A number of red meat industry supply chain information standards demonstration projects have been undertaken over several years. The cost benefit information derived from these projects has been summarised in this fact sheet.
  
  
• Guidelines for Numbering and Bar Coding of Non-retail Trade Items
  This document provides the Australian Meat Industry with methods and examples for bar coding non-retail item/trade units (cartons, carcasses, bulk packs, etc) and shipment units (pallets, containers, truckloads, etc). The document also briefly explains the methods for electronically transferring information about shipments.
  
  
• Technical Fact Sheet: Variable Weight Carcase Label
  This document provides information on numbering and bar coding for carcase tickets and wrapped non-retail red meat carcases.
  
  
• Technical Fact Sheet: Variable Weight Carton Label
  This document provides information on numbering and bar coding for carton labels for carton and bulk non-retail red meat products.
  
  
• Technical Fact Sheet: Pallets Labels
  This document provides information on numbering and bar coding for pallet labels for non-retail red meat products.
  
  
• Technical Fact Sheet: The Electronic Meat Transfer Certificate (eMTC)
  This fact sheet outlines the technical elements of the eMTC system, security issues to be considered, methods to send and receive messages and the regulatory considerations.
  
  
• eMTC Brochure
  An overview of the Electronic Meat Transfer Certificates system.
  
  
• Technical Fact Sheet: The Electronic Messaging for Cattle and Sheep National Vendor Declarations (e-DEC) System
  This fact sheet outlines the technical elements of the eDEC system, security issues to be considered, methods to send and receive messages and the regulatory considerations.
  
  
• Review of RFID (EPC) Technology for Potential Use in Meat Processing and Distribution
  This report provides an overview of the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology and explores potential uses in the meat processing and distrubtion sectors.
  
  
• How Information Standards Apply - View Online (SWF, 1.9MB)
  Watch the video model of how information standards apply to the Australian red meat industry.
  
  
• How Information Standards Apply - Download (FLV Projector, 3.4MB)
  Download the video model of how information standards apply to the Australian red meat industry.