get_post_meta – woocomerce products

Hey guys! I have the below code in my themes functions.php which creates a new tab on the product page.

The only issue is, is that the get_post_meta is not working. I have added it to the products custom fields and this code normally works on standard wordpress posts. But not with a woocommerce post/product.

Any ideas? ??

add_action( 'woocommerce_product_tabs', 'sb_woocommerce_new_tab', 40 );
add_action( 'woocommerce_product_tab_panels', 'sb_woocommerce_new_panel', 40 );
function sb_woocommerce_new_tab() {
 echo '<li><a href="#tab-new">' . __('Technical Documents', 'woocommerce') . '</a></li>';
}
function sb_woocommerce_new_panel() {
 echo '<div class="panel" id="tab-new">
 <h2>Technical Docs</h2>'; ?>

<p>
<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'rel_cat', true); ?>
</p>

<?php
 echo '</div>';
}

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