Approaches to Meat Safety
Authors: Madalena Vieira-Pinto (University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro) , Nina Langkabel (University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation) , Susana Santos (General Directorate for Food and Veterinary) , Lis Alban (Danish Agriculture & Food Council) , Jaime Gómez Laguna (University of Córdoba) , Bojan Blagojevic (University of Novi Sad) , D. Meemken (Freie Universität Berlin) , Silvia Bonardi (University of Parma) , Boris Antunović (Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek) , S. Ghidini (Istituto Superiore di Sanità) , Patric Maurer (Max Rubner-Institut) , Ole Arne Alvseike (Animalia) , R. Laukkanen-Ninios (University of Helsinki)
Meat inspection (MI) is essential to verify compliance with legal requirements related to human and animal health, as well as animal welfare protection. During MI, in case of a gross pathological finding, official veterinarians (OV) need to apply a judgement criterion to decide if meat is unfit for human consumption, resulting in important and useful condemnation data. However, although the European Meat Inspection Regulation (EU) Nº 2019/627 sets out judgement criteria, most are generic, favouring flexibility and subjectivity. Therefore, condemnation data, which is important for livestock farmers, surveillance, and for benchmarking purpose, could be affected.
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How to Cite: Vieira-Pinto, M. , Langkabel, N. , Santos, S. , Alban, L. , Gómez Laguna, J. , Blagojevic, B. , Meemken, D. , Bonardi, S. , Antunović, B. , Ghidini, S. , Maurer, P. , Alvseike, O. A. & Laukkanen-Ninios, R. (2023) “Judgement Criteria Variation During Meat Inspection of Slaughtered Finishing Pigs—Importance in the Quality of Collected Condemnation Data”, SafePork. 14(1).