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QS-Report Meat and Meat Products | Issue May 2020 New, company-specific audit indices Preventing animal diseases, identifying need for action Content Editorial QS-Report Meat and Meat Products 01/2020 Qualitätssicherung. Vom Landwirt bis zur Ladentheke. Dear reader, Since March, the corona crisis has us firmly in its grip. Its parameters are in a constant state of change and vary from country to country. We provide an infoportal on our web-site ( www.q-s.de/corona-en ), which is updated daily, in order to ensure a clear and current picture of the latest devel-opments. Our portal provides you with industry-relevant specialist information on coronavirus for your daily work. Despite the current situation, the current issue of our QS-Report Meat and Meat Products ventures a look into the future: An animal health database is about ready to be launched that strives to link and jointly evaluate data from the monitoring of antibiotics, salmonella and diagnostic data with the audit indices – the first of its kind. The QS Academy (QS- Akademie) went online a few days ago: Our new further training offering and knowledge portal for all aspects of fresh food. Stay informed and stay healthy! Your QS Team QS has been assessing two new au- dit indices since November 2019: one for biosecurity (BSI) and one for livestock farming (LFI). The indi- ces have been designed specifically for pig farms and give the farmer an indication at a single glance just how well his farm is doing. BSI and LFI can also provide helpful assis- tance when dealing with the veteri- nary office as well as with the farm veterinarian when it comes to stock care. The results of eight (for BSI) and ten (for LFI) test criteria from the audit are applied for the calcula- tion, which results in a character- istic value. Some of the relevant criteria are farm hygiene, carcass storage, pest control, cleaning and disinfection and feed storage. Every pig farmer can view their own val- ues in the QS database. “Both in- dices were designed to serve as an early warning system for pig farms. The BSI focuses primarily on animal diseases, while the LFI is concerned with good professional practice in livestock farming” , explains Thomas May , who is re- sponsible for this matter at QS. The underlying principle is quite simple in both cases: “All farms not hav- ing reached all A evaluations and therefore less than 100 points have a certain need for action in one or the other point”. THE INDICES PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF RISK PREVENTION IN DEALINGS WITH VETERINARY OFFICES The new EU Control Regulation 2017/625, which was enacted at the end of last year, requires the authorities to carry out risk-based inspections in all operations at an appropriate frequency. These in- spections should incorporate all available relevant information for the risk assessment of agricultural businesses. Pig farmers taking part in the QS scheme have the oppor- tunity to submit the audit indices for biosecurity and livestock farm- ing to the veterinary offices. “Sim- ply put, this means: Whoever is achieving good results in terms of their BSI or LFI can make a good im- pression on the veterinary office” , says May. QS has already notified the coordinators and veterinary of- fices of this. In order to utilise the indices, the livestock owner must expressly agree to the inspection by the veterinary office. The data will not be passed on automatically. PLANS FOR AUDIT INDICES FOR CAT- TLE AND POULTRY ARE CURRENTLY IN THE MAKING In a next step, the two new audit in- dices will also be made available to cattle and poultry farmers. And the benefits of the indices will be broad- ened to an even greater extent: In the future, farmers will have the op- • New, company-specific audit indices • Deployment of catching crews in the QS scheme • The time has finally come: The QS Academy • News in brief

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