The QS inspection scheme guarantees quality assurance across all stages in the production of meat and meat products. This begins with the analysis of feed and continues in cattle, pigs an poultry farming businesses which keep cattle, pigs and poultry. The subsequent production and trading stages are also subject to controls all the way through to the shop counters in food retail stores.
Only products which have passed through all stages of the QS scheme may be labelled with the QS certification mark. This means that the blue certification mark stands for seamless quality assurance – from farm to shop.
March 2021 - Overview of new QS scheme participants
Every month, new companies decide to participate in the QS scheme and thus give a signal to their customers that all their operational processes...
QS revises control plan aflatoxin B1 - Changed risk classification for Serbia
With effect from 10 March 2021, QS has revised the control plan for aflatoxin B1. The version valid with immediate effect contains a new risk...
QS feed monitoring: Interactive world map updated
The Interactive world map on QS feed monitoring has been expanded to include the latest analysis results (period 07/2020 - 12/2020). Thus, the...
The stages for meat, animals and feed
QS Monitoring Programmes
There are three comprehensive monitoring programmes for meat, livestock and feed in the QS scheme: antibiotics monitoring, salmonella monitoring and feed monitoring.
Systematic evaluation of the data from the monitoring programmes provides valuable support in ensuring early identification and reliable assessment of potential risks to the safety of food and feed. If the required parameters are not met, QS works together with the scheme participants to implement measures to prevent risks to humans or animals.
