To use the "Meat Messaging" system you must be an export meat establishment. To find out more about export listing contact your meat export/ import regulatory authority. In Australia this is the "Export Meat Program", Australian Government, Department of Agriculture.
Export meat establishments should obtain approval to use the MEat MEssaging system from your regulatory authority. In Australia this is the "Export Meat Program", Australian Government, Department of Agriculture.
The "Meat Messaging" system is based on the GS1 standards for numbering and bar coding of meat products and the GS1 EANCOM electronic message standards.
For more information on the GS1 system visit GS1 at GS1 Australia
The "Meat Messaging" system is an online tool for the creation, sending, receiving, attestation statements and compliance declaration of meat products (carton, carcases, carcase portions, pallets, bulk packs and containers) GS1 EANCOM messages. These messages assist regulatory authorities with the authenticity, verification and traceability of meat products. The GS1 bar coding standards and GS1 EANCOM electronic message standards do not replace existing regulatory requirements, they assist and supplement these requirements.