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QS-Report: Meat and Meat Products | Issue November 2018 term transport of unweaned calves” and “Animal transport: responsibility and accountability” free of charge. AVIAN INFLUENZA: QS SUPPORTS ONLINE TOOL TO HELP LIVESTOCK OWNERS PREVENT EPIDEMICS To ensure that livestock owners are in the future even better equipped against an outbreak of avian influenza (AI), the University of Vechta together with the Friedrich Loe ler Institute, the Poultry Industry Association of Lower Saxony (Niedersächsischen Geflügel- wirtscha sverband e. V.), the Central Association of the German Poultry In- dustry (Zentralverband der Deutschen Geflügelwirtscha e. V.) and QS, have developedanonline toolfor thepreven- tion of epidemics. The so-called “AI risk tra clight”o ersfarmersa riskassess- ment by which the individual optimisa- tion potentials can be identi ed, and on the basis of which improvements can be made on the farm together with the veterinarian. The tool can be accessed on the internet at www.risikoampel.uni-vechta.de Digital knowledge transfer QS increasingly relies on e-learning o erings for further education E-learning tools become constantly more popular as measures for further training. The advantages of the “digital knowledge transfer” are clear: online educa- tion enables a free time disposition, access is pos- sible from anywhere and at any time, and there are no travel costs. QS continues to expand its range of further training courses and relies thereby on e-learning. QS is content- and nancial-wise involved in the devel- opment of several e-learning courses for animal owners, carried out by the training portal www.landakademie.de, which belongs to the Deutscher Bauernverlag (German Farmer Publishing Company). The ve new online learning modules, focusing on animal welfare, deal with the condi- tions of animals for transport and slaughter, as well as, pens structuring and animal care, among others, and they will be presented in late autumn. QS E LEARNING COURSES FOR RETAILERS QS is currently o ering an online course on the topic of “Food retail merchandising” in the further training portal “Handel-Scout-Akademie” of Mediadidact (dfv group). The participants of the course learn everything worth knowing about QS meat and meat products, as well as QS fruits and vegetables, at the time that they receive several tips and explanations to put in practice. The nal step is an exam, which is certi ed a er being successfully answered. The learning unit, which is interactively designed and has sound, is primarily aimed at trainees and employees in food retailing. However, the course is also available to all other interested parties, free of charge a er registration on the portal. The German Butchers’ Association (Deutsche Fleischer Verband DFV) and the magazine Allgemeine Fleischer Zeitung (afz) presented their joint e-learning portal called fleischer.training at the German Butchers’ Association Day in Hamburg, mid-October 2018. The interactive learning modules on www.fleischer.training.de cover all relevant IMPRINT Editor: QS Qualität und Sicherheit GmbH Dr. Hermann-Josef Nienho , Managing Director Schedestr. 1–3, GER-53113 Bonn Phone: +49 228 35068-0 Fax: +49 228 35068-10 E-Mail: info@q-s.de www.q-s.de Subscribe now Get the latest QS-Report and Newsletter always on time. www.q-s.de/subscription.html be made available to the QS scheme participants in December 2018. BPT CONGRESS IN HANNOVER QS WILL BE THERE! On the 16th and 17th of November the veterinarians will take over the grounds of the Messe Hannover again. QS will inform and discuss with the visitors at the bpt congress about the current status of the antibiotics monitoring and the collection of diag- nostic data. The annual congress of the Federal Association of Practicing Veterinarians (Bundesverbands prak- tizierender Tierärzte - bpt) is one of the largest meeting places for practic- ing veterinarians. LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES: CATEGORISING THE RISK OF CONTAMINATION To assist the scheme participants from the slaughtering, deboning and processing sectors, QS has prepared a supporting document which can be used to estimate the risk of contam- ination with Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) in the plant. In addition to a great deal of information and advice, the document also contains a check- list, which can be used to carry out a systematic self-assessment. This makes it possible to determine the entry risk of Lm based on the struc- tural conditions and work processes of the company, and to adopt the corresponding preventive measures. Recommendations are also presented on how to proceed in the case of identifying risks or positive ndings. The new supporting document will Short and brief subjects for the quali ed further train- ing of employees in the food retail and butchery, fromproduct knowledgeand sales to quality assurance for meat and meat products. QSsupported, as spon- sor, theproductionofthe learningmod- ule“Safetyofmeatandmeatproducts”. FREE OF CHARGE WEBINARS FOR SCHEME PARTICIPANTS For scheme participants from the sectors slaughtering/deboning and animal transport, as well as for o cial veterinarians, QS made it possible to participate in online seminars from www.akademie.vet three times this year and assumed the costs. The training courses, organised by the company george & oslage Verlag und Medien GmbH, focused on the topic of animal welfare during trans- port to the slaughterhouse and an- imal welfare-friendly slaughtering. Furthermore, QS o ered its scheme participants the opportunity to attend two so-called webinars on the topics “Animal welfare and transport: long- Qualitätssicherung. Vom Landwirt bis zur Ladentheke.