What is a “Livestock-based” product?
Direct animal proteins – such as beef, pork, chicken – and products that use such animals in their production – such as chicken korma ready meals – are all considered livestock products.
“Livestock-based” products include these proteins and extend the categorisation to other products that come from livestock, such as milk and eggs.
Do I need to include all livestock-based products?
This will depend on which companies you supply according to the specific scope of their policy requirements.
For example, for some companies for this year you will only need to report whole animal protein livestock products (e.g., chicken breasts, steak, mince, salmon, prawns, eggs, milk, cheese), while other companies may also require you to report on products containing animal protein ingredients (e.g., chicken in a ready meal, fish in a pie, meat on a pizza, cheese in a sandwich, egg in a salad).
This, however, excludes meat/dairy/eggs/fish that are embodied in other purchased compound food products (e.g., milk chocolate in a cookie). Minor ingredients (e.g., butter in pie crust in a dessert) should be discussed with 3Keel to determine whether or not they are in scope for the company you are reporting to.