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QS-Report: Meat and Meat Products | Issue 2/2019 Qualitätssicherung. Vom Landwirt bis zur Ladentheke. Imprint Publisher: 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 FOOD RETAIL: ADD ON MODULE FOR ONLINE TRADING From 1 January 2020, an additional module for online trading will be available in the QS scheme. The module can be optionally selected by the QS scheme partici- pants in the database. The specific requirements are then checked as part of the QS audits. The additional module is aimed at scheme participants who offer QS products predominantly via online trading. Accordingly, the QS checklists and guidelines for the food retail will be revised next year. Therefore, the online trade will no longer be published in the guidelines, but in a corre- sponding annex. SLAUGHTERING/DEBONING: QS SUPPORTING DOCUMENT FOR LISTERIA PREVENTION RECEIVES HIGH RESONANCE In the middle of the year, QS published a support- ing document for listeria prevention, which assists scheme participants in the stages of slaughter- ing, deboning and processing in assessing the risk of listeria in their own companies, as well as in the implementation of suitable preven- tion measures. The supporting document is available to the QS scheme participants on the QS website free of charge for download. To date, the document has been down- loaded more than 2,800 times. An Eng- lish version will also be published soon. For Dr. Marcus Langen of Dr. Berns Labo- ratorium GmbH und Co. KG, the QS sup- porting document also represents a valuable assistance for companies in the prevention of listeria: “The QS supporting document contains in compact form a series of useful information about Listeria mono- cytogenes and provides practical, viable recommendations for the prevention of listeria. The reports of the last few months clearly show how important it is for food busi- ness operators not to deal with this issue only in times of crisis”. Short and up to date WAREHOUSES FOR MEAT PRO DUCTS: QS RECOGNIZES BRC GLOBAL STANDARD FOR FOOD SAFETY Since August 2019, QS recognizes the BRC Global Standard for Food Safety as an equivalent standard for storage companies of meat and meat products. The recognition avoids unnecessary additional work through double audits and ensures a higher degree of practi- cability for the storage companies. Ad- ditionally, the standards IFS Logistics, IFS Food, IFS Wholesale/Cash & Carry and BRC Storage & Distribution are rec- ognized in the QS scheme for the stor- age of meat and meat products. FEED: ICRT CONDUCTS ONLINE SURVEY ON THE IDTF DATABASE With the International Database Trans- port for Feed (IDTF), the International Committee Road Transport (ICRT) has set up a database which summarizes the minimum cleaning requirements of seven international certi cation stand- ards (Qualimat, OVOCOM, GMP+ Inter- national, EFISC-GTP, AIC, AMA and QS) for the road transport of feed. In order to further optimize the database for its users, the ICRT will conduct an on- line survey this year. Your feedback is important to us! in Quakenbrück. At the ICoMST (4 – 9 August 2019), QS was represented for the first time with an information stand and also acted as sponsor of the event. The congress, which was held this year under the motto “Meat for diversifying markets”, offered the participants a broad program with several presentations, workshops and panel discussions on current topics from the entire supply chain. As a sponsor, QS also supported this year‘s edition of the Forum der Fleischwirtschaft, which took place on 4 and 5 September 2019. At the industry meeting of the meat and meat product industry, annually organised by the journal Allgemeine Fleischer Zeitung (afz), experts discussed the topics of digitisation, animal welfare, the new packaging law and current product trends. QS events calendar 2020 . to . . Internationale Grüne Woche, Berlin . . 28th Deutscher Fleischkongress, Königswinter . to . . Bayerisches Zentral-Landwirtscha sfest, München . . Bpt Congress 2020, Hannover