Chain Input "Services & Goods"

The pork production process relies on certain services (such as veterinarian, laboratories, market research, consulting, inspection, certification, quality management systems, logistics and transportation) and goods (like feed, animal housing and technologies) that go into the chain.

Chain suppliers like intermediaries, third-party service providers or customers are offering this kind of input for the chain. On the following page we will inform you about the processes and the innovative ideas from Q-PorkChains significant for the chain management of the pork production:
  

• Pilot 1: Use of management tools based on quality management priciples in an integrated regional pork chain
• Pilot 2: Exchange and use of quality relevant information among various chain users
• Pilot 7: Implementation of regional pork chain concepts and new pork product concepts
• Pilot 8: Implementation of cold chain management systems to improve quality and safety of pork products
• Demo 1: Demonstration of a concept for the harmonization of veterinary findings in centralized databases
• Demo 2: Demonstration of biological markers as meat quality control tools
• The environmental profile of the European pork sector and how to model ist
• Pork chain management
• Module V: Developing biomarkers using omics technology to improve pork quality in the chain
• Alignment between chain quality management and chain governance in EU pork chains
• Status quo end 2009