Farm Level

On the following pages you can learn about the processes and the innovative ideas from Q-PorkChains that are significant for the farm level - from breeding to fattening. The direct impact of Q-PorkChains from a farmers view includes:
       

• 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 3: Use of rapid methods for animal health, animal welfare and food safety (dipstick test for Acute Phase Protein)
• Pilot 5: Implementation of sustainability aspects in the quality pork program of a regional chain
• Pilot 7: Implementation of regional pork chain concepts and new pork product concepts
• The environmental profile of the European pork sector and how to model it
• Diversity, Flexibility and Sustainability of Farm-level Production Systems
• Tools for pork quality control
• Evaluation of the sustainability of 15 contrasted pork production systems
• Module V: Developing biomarkers using omics technology to improve pork quality in the chain
• Microbial risk assessment within Q-PorkChains
• Status quo end 2009