State of Art of meat inspection of pigs in the EU

The current meat inspection in the European Union (EU) is based on principles that are around 100 years old. However, the zoonotic hazards have shifted and the production systems for livestock are changing. This makes it necessary to look at whether the present way of conducting meat inspection is efficient or not

Risk Assessment for Supply Chain Meat Inspection of Danish Finisher Pigs

The food safety value of routine incision into the major mandibular lymph nodes and the heart was assessed in finisher pigs from integrated production systems in Denmark. A risk assessment was conducted following international guidelines as a joint effort between university, industry and veterinary services. It was concluded that omission of routine incisions into the mandibular lymph nodes and the heart was not associated with a significant increase in the risk for human health. The main reason is that Denmark is officially free from bovine tuberculosis since 29 years, and the pathogens causing granulomatous lymphadenitis and endocarditis are not likely to be food-borne. The new way of conducting meat inspection is called supply chain meat inspection - the Danish way. The system will gradually be implemented on all slaughterhouses in Denmark during 2009

State of Art of meat inspection of pigs in the EU

The current meat inspection in the European Union (EU) is based on principles that are around 100 years old. However, the zoonotic hazards have shifted and the production systems for livestock are changing. This makes it necessary to look at whether the present way of conducting meat inspection is efficient or not.</p

Risk Assessment for Supply Chain Meat Inspection of Danish Finisher Pigs

The food safety value of routine incision into the major mandibular lymph nodes and the heart was assessed in finisher pigs from integrated production systems in Denmark. A risk assessment was conducted following international guidelines as a joint effort between university, industry and veterinary services. It was concluded that omission of routine incisions into the mandibular lymph nodes and the heart was not associated with a significant increase in the risk for human health. The main reason is that Denmark is officially free from bovine tuberculosis since 29 years, and the pathogens causing granulomatous lymphadenitis and endocarditis are not likely to be food-borne. The new way of conducting meat inspection is called supply chain meat inspection - the Danish way. The system will gradually be implemented on all slaughterhouses in Denmark during 2009.</p

Visual-only meat inspection in swine

Within the EU, meat inspection of pigs is supposed to be done by visual-only since June 2014, according to the new EU Regulation. However, to which extent has this been implemented in the EU? This is one of the questions, which were dealt with at a workshop held in connection to the scientific Safepork Conference, taking place in September this year in Porto, Portugal. As will be noted beneath, visual-only is far from being implemented in most EU Member States