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.
Floods - QS approved laboratories offer free of charge analyses for possible...
The catastrophic floods in mid-July caused damage, some of it severe, to farms, producers and feed companies in North Rhine-Westphalia,...
IFS and QS launch joint co-branding for selected working documents
Quality assurance and safe food are the common goal of QS and IFS. To achieve this goal, the highest hygiene requirements must be met in the food...
Paper of incident animal husbandry and transport: Facilitated presentation of...
As part of the incident and crisis management, QS scheme participants must inform their coordinator immediately about critical incidents, provided...
Contamination risk in flooding areas - Identify and evaluate risks
The catastrophic floods in the past weeks have caused much human suffering and terrible damage. Many farms and feed companies have also been hit badly and are struggling to cope with the economic impact. To assist you, below you will find tips for identifying and assessing potential contamination risks. For your further support, QS-approved laboratories offer free analysis for possible sources of contamination.
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.
