the sort you get on packs of meat
i am looking for a website that lists them
couldnt find ought on defra webpages
Not an easy one but I found this:
Maybe FSA may help , especially as you are talking meat products.
I found this one hope it helps
why do you want to know ?
he ate an irish sausage 
i was just curious brought about by the latest ‘problem’
thats the problem aint it
the label says UK 1234 but it dont help
because the meat could have come from in the Irish case, north or south of the border
or in the case of Roach foods crossed no end of countries before being cut
and labeled UK
maybe packet labels are different from the stamp they put on dead meat
over to Denis
hitch:
i was just curious brought about by the latest ‘problem’thats the problem aint it
the label says UK 1234 but it dont help
because the meat could have come from in the Irish case, north or south of the border
or in the case of Roach foods crossed no end of countries before being cut
and labeled UKmaybe packet labels are different from the stamp they put on dead meat
over to Denis
I know the answer to this question, I had all the abbatoir codes, I was an Ops. Manager in the meat industry until July this year.
Traceability is what you are after, there should be a trace back to the farm using the UK numbers and further back.
Meat inspection, veterinary inspection and if small, Environmental Health.
FSA are usually totally useless, even the three aforementioned agencies would confirm that!!!
The marking is similar to the one used in the dairy industry to track and trace milk products, the problem is that the EC stamp is supplied by the buyers, not the originating farm or dairy.
Was it true that the Irish were trying to smoke bacon using red diesel 
Yes but that was only after they couldn’t get it to stay alight. Apparently when the police raided the place the culprits claimed that they were indeed smoking bacon but didn’t inhale…