Professional paper
Current changes in meat inspection of pigs in the European Union
Nevijo Zdolec
; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
A comprehensive, longitudinal safety assurance system for meat brings initial changes to veterinarian inspections of pork in the slaughter house. A visual inspection is introduced to routinely slaughtered, healthy pigs, without using palpitation or incisions. Manual techniques used to inspect meat are considered to be a risk factor for bacterial contamination of meat. On the other hand, this form of contamination is possible in almost all phases of slaughterhouse processing, so modification of veterinarian examinations in itself is not sufficient to reduce the risk of cross contamination. The question remains which public health hazards will increase if only visual inspection is used. The current regulations still support the use of traditional inspections of pigs if public health or the health of animals or welfare is at risk. Examinations of pork for trichinella have also been modified by reducing the frequency of sampling due to the existence of controlled conditions on farms.
Keywords
meat inspection; swine; european regulation
Hrčak ID:
231576
URI
Publication date:
6.10.2014.
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