{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.meat","code":"thing-meat","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/meat/","name":"meat","alternateNames":["roast","joint","confit","stew meat","bird","fowl","poultry","chicken","poulet","volaille","broiler","capon"],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.1.0-research.1","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Physical world and living systems","entryKind":"noun.food","plane":"PHY","domain":["PHY.MAT"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{"substance":"material","origin":"manufactured","agency":"inert","mobility":"portable","scale":"handheld","affordances":["graspable"]}},"whatItIs":"Edible skeletal and other muscle tissue of animals (including fishes, birds, and molluscs such as snails), together with attached fat, connective tissue, and permitted offal, used as food.","purpose":"Enable an agent to identify animal flesh used as food, assess its documented condition and suitability, and determine appropriate handling or processing actions.","scope":{"in":["Species and anatomical origin of flesh intended or presented for human consumption","Physical form, tissue composition and measurable properties of a meat portion or lot","Raw, cooked, preserved, chilled, frozen and thawed states and their histories","Evidence relevant to spoilage, contamination, suitability and handling decisions","Lot provenance, traceability and applicable use restrictions"],"out":["Living animals, husbandry systems and animal health records except as linked provenance","Plant-based substitutes and products that imitate meat without containing animal flesh","Milk, eggs and isolated animal-derived chemicals such as purified collagen","Whole meals and composite food products beyond their identifiable meat component","Slaughterhouses, processing equipment and supply-chain organisations as entities","General dietary advice and individual clinical nutrition decisions"],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["The material is animal flesh used as food; animal origin alone does not make milk, eggs or isolated protein meat.","Fish, bird and snail flesh qualify under this registry definition even where culinary or regulatory vocabularies classify them separately.","The referent is a portion or lot of food material, rather than the animal from which it originated.","A composite product containing meat must distinguish its meat component from added water, binders, coatings and other ingredients.","Species, anatomical part and processing state distinguish meat instances without requiring a single chemical formula or universal purity grade."],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"animal-flesh-identity","name":"Animal flesh identity","description":"Establish what animal material is present and how it fits this registry sense of meat.","layers":[{"id":"species-and-food-sense","name":"Species and food sense","description":"Identify the source animal and the material's use as food.","findings":[{"id":"source-taxon-and-intent","name":"Source taxon and food intent","description":"Record declared identity, supporting evidence and whether the flesh is intended or presented as food.","questions":[{"text":"Which animal taxon or mixture of taxa supplied this flesh, and what evidence supports that identification?","id":"source-taxon-and-intent-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Does the record refer to animal flesh used as food under vr.tr.meat, including fish, bird or snail flesh?","id":"source-taxon-and-intent-q02","kind":"definition"}]}]},{"id":"anatomical-boundaries","name":"Anatomical boundaries","description":"Locate the portion within the animal and distinguish included tissue from neighbouring materials.","findings":[{"id":"cut-and-tissue-membership","name":"Cut and tissue membership","description":"Describe the anatomical part and clarify the treatment of associated tissues and non-flesh components.","questions":[{"text":"Which cut, body region or organ does the portion represent, and which tissues are included?","id":"cut-and-tissue-membership-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Are bone, shell, skin, separate fat or viscera included in the recorded mass, and which require an explicit scope decision?","id":"cut-and-tissue-membership-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"flesh-composition-and-form","name":"Flesh composition and form","description":"Describe the variable material composition and physical organisation of the meat.","layers":[{"id":"tissue-and-ingredient-composition","name":"Tissue and ingredient composition","description":"Separate native tissue composition from substances added during preparation.","findings":[{"id":"composition-on-a-stated-basis","name":"Composition on a stated basis","description":"Record measured or declared constituents with their measurement basis and distinguish added ingredients.","questions":[{"text":"What water, fat and protein values are available, and do they describe the raw, cooked or otherwise processed material?","id":"composition-on-a-stated-basis-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Has water, salt, curing material or another ingredient been added, and is the referent still the meat component or a composite product?","id":"composition-on-a-stated-basis-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"portion-geometry-and-disruption","name":"Portion geometry and disruption","description":"Describe size and physical interventions affecting the flesh.","findings":[{"id":"intactness-and-portion-size","name":"Intactness and portion size","description":"Record portion dimensions and whether tissue has been minced, injected, tenderised or otherwise disrupted.","questions":[{"text":"What are the portion mass and relevant dimensions, or the particle-size description for minced material?","id":"intactness-and-portion-size-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Which cutting, mincing, injection, mechanical separation or tenderising operations have been applied?","id":"intactness-and-portion-size-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"post-harvest-state-history","name":"Post-harvest state history","description":"Track time, temperature and treatments from slaughter or harvest to the present state.","layers":[{"id":"thermal-and-storage-history","name":"Thermal and storage history","description":"Capture storage intervals, freezing and thawing events, and gaps in temperature evidence.","findings":[{"id":"time-temperature-record","name":"Time-temperature record","description":"Associate thermal observations with the lot and identify unsupported intervals.","questions":[{"text":"What slaughter or harvest, chilling, freezing and thawing times are known for this lot?","id":"time-temperature-record-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which core or surface temperatures were measured during storage and transfer, and where are the record gaps?","id":"time-temperature-record-q02","kind":"measurement"}]}]},{"id":"preservation-and-maturation","name":"Preservation and maturation","description":"Represent cooking, curing, drying, smoking and ageing as documented treatments.","findings":[{"id":"treatment-parameters-and-outcomes","name":"Treatment parameters and outcomes","description":"Distinguish a named process from evidence that its intended outcome was achieved.","questions":[{"text":"Which cooking, curing, drying, smoking or ageing treatments occurred, with what recorded parameters?","id":"treatment-parameters-and-outcomes-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"What measurements or validation records support the claimed treatment outcome for this meat?","id":"treatment-parameters-and-outcomes-q02","kind":"measurement"}]}]}]},{"id":"condition-and-food-suitability","name":"Condition and food suitability","description":"Assess observed deterioration and hazard evidence against the proposed use.","layers":[{"id":"sensory-and-material-condition","name":"Sensory and material condition","description":"Record observations of the flesh and its immediate storage environment.","findings":[{"id":"condition-observations-and-limits","name":"Condition observations and limits","description":"Capture visible and sensory changes without treating their absence as proof of safety.","questions":[{"text":"What changes in colour, odour, texture, exudate or surface appearance were observed, and when?","id":"condition-observations-and-limits-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Do those observations warrant segregation or further assessment under the applicable product criteria?","id":"condition-observations-and-limits-q02","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"hazards-and-use-criteria","name":"Hazards and use criteria","description":"Connect relevant biological, chemical and physical hazard evidence to a specific intended use.","findings":[{"id":"evidence-bounded-suitability","name":"Evidence-bounded suitability","description":"Make suitability conditional on applicable criteria, sampling limitations and preparation assumptions.","questions":[{"text":"Which hazard assessments apply to this species, tissue, processing state and intended use, and what results are available?","id":"evidence-bounded-suitability-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Does the evidence support the proposed use, require further processing or assessment, or require withholding the lot?","id":"evidence-bounded-suitability-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"meat-lot-lineage-and-disposition","name":"Meat lot lineage and disposition","description":"Maintain provenance and determine which documented actions remain available for a portion or lot.","layers":[{"id":"source-and-transformation-lineage","name":"Source and transformation lineage","description":"Connect meat to source records and subsequent division or combination events.","findings":[{"id":"parent-and-child-meat-lots","name":"Parent and child meat lots","description":"Preserve traceability through butchery, mincing, blending and repacking.","questions":[{"text":"Which supplier, slaughter or harvest records and parent lots establish the origin of this portion?","id":"parent-and-child-meat-lots-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which child lots received material from it, and which other meat lots were mixed into it?","id":"parent-and-child-meat-lots-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"claims-restrictions-and-next-actions","name":"Claims, restrictions and next actions","description":"Relate verified claims and applicable restrictions to proposed handling or release.","findings":[{"id":"documented-use-constraints","name":"Documented use constraints","description":"Record the authority and scope of claims or restrictions without inferring them from appearance or species alone.","questions":[{"text":"Which jurisdictional category, certification, supplier instruction or lot restriction applies, and what document supports it?","id":"documented-use-constraints-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"What evidence is required before this lot may be released, thawed, cooked, repacked or otherwise redirected?","id":"documented-use-constraints-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"evidence-and-external-alignment","name":"Evidence and external alignment","description":"What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.","layers":[{"id":"reported-evidence","name":"Reported evidence","description":"Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.","findings":[{"id":"evidence-kinds","name":"Kinds and varieties","description":"Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of meat this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-kinds-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-identifiers","name":"Identifiers and schemes","description":"Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of meat this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-identifiers-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-standards-and-regulation","name":"Standards and regulation","description":"Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of meat this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-standards-and-regulation-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-real-world-use","name":"Real-world use","description":"Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of meat this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-real-world-use-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-measurements","name":"Typical measurements","description":"Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of meat this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-measurements-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards","name":"Failure modes and hazards","description":"Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of meat this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-regional-variation","name":"Regional variation","description":"Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of meat this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-regional-variation-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-neighbours","name":"Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart","description":"Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of meat this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-neighbours-q01","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Store, handle, cook and serve meat following hygiene, temperature and traceability rules.","Read labels and report species, cut, origin, batch and use-by date."],"mustNot":["Serve meat that has not been kept or cooked to the required temperatures.","Misdescribe species, origin, welfare claims or religious slaughter status.","Mix or substitute species, or sell meat without lawful traceability records.","Serve meat to someone who has stated a religious, cultural or ethical restriction against it."],"requiresHuman":["Any decision about slaughter or culling of animals.","Withdrawing or recalling product suspected of contamination."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Animals are killed for it, so welfare in rearing and slaughter is a central moral stake.","Religious and ethical dietary rules must be respected, not worked around."],"affectedParties":["People who eat it","Farmed animals","Slaughterhouse and food workers"]},"owners":{"steward":"The business or household that holds it; food safety and veterinary authorities regulate its production.","roles":[],"masterSystems":["Livestock and slaughterhouse traceability registers"]},"relations":[{"target":"oewn-07571428-n","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.meat","Open English WordNet: oewn-07665463-n"]},"properties":{"applicability":"required","items":["Source animal identity: Declared or verified taxon; multiple taxa or unknown; linked identification evidence","Anatomical and tissue identity: Named cut or body part; muscle, associated fat, connective tissue, mixed tissue or unresolved","Physical form: Intact cut, sliced, chopped, minced, mechanically separated or other documented form; bone and skin status","Composition: Water, protein, fat and other specified constituents in g/100 g; analytical method and raw/cooked basis","Temperature: Degrees Celsius; core or surface location, timestamp and measurement method","Processing and preservation state: Documented combination of raw, cooked, chilled, frozen, thawed, cured, dried, smoked or other treatment","Acidity and water availability: pH and water activity, dimensionless; method, sampling location and timestamp","Condition observations: Recorded colour, odour, texture, exudate and visible deterioration; acceptable, suspect or unassessed against named criteria","Hazard assessment: Hazard-specific result, method, sampling basis, applicable criterion and assessment date; unknown where untested","Lot and custody identity: Supplier lot, parent and child lots, processing events and custody records"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"required","items":["Muscle tissue with fat and connective tissue, labelled with species, cut and batch.","Species and origin cannot be settled by appearance; labels and testing settle them."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["Identify and compare meat portions by species, tissue, form and documented composition.","Trace a portion to source lots and identify related material after splitting or mixing.","Assess whether storage and processing records support a proposed use.","Select applicable handling or processing instructions using species, form, state and intended use.","Flag uncertain identity, missing history or adverse findings for segregation and review.","Record changes after cutting, mincing, thawing, cooking or preservation and reassess suitability."]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Undercooked or mishandled meat spreads serious foodborne infection.","Break in the cold chain spoils it quickly."]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["Codex Alimentarius Code of Hygienic Practice for Meat, Food and Agriculture Organization and World Health Organization."]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Meat is encountered in food production, retail, kitchens and prepared meals as edible animal tissue.","It is used as a food ingredient that contributes protein, fat, flavour and texture.","Its suitability for a particular food use depends on the animal source, tissue type, processing history and documented condition."]}},"sources":[{"title":"Codex General Standard for the Labelling of Prepackaged Foods / Codex meat and meat-product texts (CAC/GL and related meat standards)","url":"https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/","note":"International food-standard framing of meat as an animal-derived food commodity and the labelling/identity conventions used in trade."},{"title":"Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin","url":"https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32004R0853","note":"Legal definitions of meat, fresh meat, minced meat, meat preparations, meat products, and offal in EU food hygiene law."},{"title":"Codex Code of Hygienic Practice for Meat (CAC/RCP 58-2005)","url":"https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/codex-texts/codes-of-practice/","note":"Hygienic production, inspection, and handling of meat from slaughter through cutting and distribution."},{"title":"IARC Monographs Volume 114: Red Meat and Processed 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transformation make the whole referent a composite food product with a linked meat component?","Which authoritative sources establish species-, form-, process- and jurisdiction-specific criteria for hazards, storage, shelf life and permitted use?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-meat/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 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