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Traceability

Traceable back to the farm

Traceability means being able to answer, for a specific carton, which farm the cattle came from, who raised them, when they entered the plant and which stages they went through. It is not an intention: it is a chain of records built at the moment each event happens, and walked backwards when someone asks.

The chain

Every link leaves a record. That is why it can be walked backwards.

Traceability lookup

Enter the code printed on the carton. The lookup returns the farm of origin, the dates along the chain and the storage conditions.

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The chain, step by step

  1. Farm of origin

    Cattle arrive identified by farm and producer, with their health documentation. A shipment that cannot be identified does not enter.

    Farm · producer · dispatch date

  2. Plant intake

    The consignment receives internal identification and is linked to the declared origin and to the documentation that accompanies it. This is where the link closes between what arrived and where it came from.

    Consignment · head count · health documentation

  3. Slaughter and control

    Each carcass keeps the reference to its consignment of origin. Process controls are logged against that reference, not against the working day.

    Carcass · consignment · shift controls

  4. Chilling

    Chiller and temperature records are linked to the lot. A deviation is not noted in a separate notebook: it stays attached to the lot that suffered it.

    Lot · chiller · temperature records

  5. Deboning

    When the carcass is broken down, each cut inherits the identification of the lot it came from. It is the point where most chains break, which is why it is the one guarded most closely.

    Cut · lot of origin · yield

  6. Packing and identification

    The carton leaves with its own identifier, linked to the lot, the cut, the weight and the date. That identifier is the key to reading everything that came before.

    Carton · lot · cut · weight · date

  7. Lookup

    With the carton identifier, the complete path is reconstructed backwards, all the way to the farm. The scope of the customer lookup will be defined with the company before it is published.

    Carton identifier · complete lot history
Llanura ganadera vista desde lo alto, con potreros alambrados y una aguada, hasta el horizonte.
Felipe Antonio · CC BY-SA 3.0
Vista aérea de una planta agroindustrial moderna de naves blancas, rodeada de campo abierto.
Ojo de bife crudo con veteado marcado, visto desde arriba sobre una tabla de madera.

The difference

What traceability is not

Traceability is not a seal printed on a carton, it is not a logo in the footer of a website, and it is not a marketing promise. It is a record: data captured at the moment each operation happens, stored so that it can be read again later, and verifiable by someone other than the company itself. The difference is easy to test and anyone can do it. Ask a brand that promises traceability for the origin of a carton picked at random. If the answer is a data point —farm, producer, date— there is traceability. If the answer is an explanation, there was a promise. Xingu Foods builds its operation to give the first answer, and considers it legitimate for any customer to put that to the test.

The commitment

  • Record at the source

    Data is captured where the event happens, not at the end of the day or at month-end. Data reconstructed afterwards is not traceability.

  • Never break the chain

    The link between the carton and the farm survives slaughter, chilling and deboning. If it breaks at any point, the system is fixed, not the story.

  • Answer when asked

    A customer, an auditor or an authority may request the origin of a lot. The committed response time is agreed with each customer and met.

  • Never announce what cannot be shown

    While a system capability is not up and running, it is not announced. Traceability loses all its value the day it turns into advertising.