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UK Meat Packaging Traceability

The system of tracing meat in the UK through packaging, involving kill numbers and plant licence numbers to identify the source of the meat.

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Jan 31, 2026

How do I decode a kill number or plant licence number on UK meat packaging?

A or plant licence number on meat packaging is a traceability code linking a cut of meat back to the slaughterhouse, cutting plant or the animal or group of animals from which it was derived . Consume...