M7A Seal Number Replacement

To provide an audit trail of seal number changes

Position: M7A-01 · Element: 225 · Name: Seal Number · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 2 · Max: 15 · Repeat: -

Unique number on seal used to close a shipment

M7A01 is the original seal number.

Position: M7A-02 · Element: 225 · Name: Seal Number · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 2 · Max: 15 · Repeat: -

Unique number on seal used to close a shipment

M7A02 is the replacement seal number.

Position: M7A-03 · Element: 373 · Name: Date · Type: Date (DT) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 8 · Max: 8 · Repeat: -

Date expressed as CCYYMMDD

M7A03 is the date the new seal was installed.

Position: M7A-04 · Element: 98 · Name: Entity Identifier Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 2 · Max: 3 · Repeat: -

Code identifying an organizational entity, a physical location, property or an individual

P0405: If either M7A-04 or M7A-05 is present, then the other is required

M7A04 and M7A05 indicate the party responsible for the seal replacement.

Position: M7A-05 · Element: 93 · Name: Name · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 60 · Repeat: -

Free-form name

Position: M7A-06 · Element: 352 · Name: Description · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 80 · Repeat: -

A free-form description to clarify the related data elements and their content

M7A06 is a description of why the seal was replaced.