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Guideline Meat Wholesale (valid as of 01.01.2026)

Requirements for the wholesale meat trade.

Guideline Logistics Meat and Meat Products (valid as of 01.01.2026)

Requirements for storage and transport of meat and meat products, which is carried out on behalf of QS scheme partners. Storage companies are not owners of the QS goods.

Guideline Slaughtering/Deboning (valid as of 01.01.2026)

Requirements for slaughtering and deboning of cattle, pigs and poultry, and for companies where processing takes place, up to meat packaging for the end consumer.

Guideline Processing Meat and Meat Products (valid as of 01.01.2026)

Requirements for the processing of meat, meat products and meat preparations and products with an addition of meat or meat products.

Guideline Broker Meat and Meat Products (valid as of 01.01.2026)

Requirements for brokers performing trading activities with QS goods. The broker is the owner of the QS commodity without necessarily coming into contact with it.

Recommendations for the Reduction of Cross-Contamination with Salmonella during the Slaughtering Process (Stand: 01.01.2024)

Explanations: Labelling of QS products (Meat and Meat Products) (Stand: 01.03.2024)

Requirements for the use of the QS certification mark for composite products such as mixed salads or ready meals.

Explanatory notes for conformity assessments of packaging materials (Stand: 01.01.2025)

This document is intended to enable the user of food contact materials (FCM) to assess the suitability of a food contact material for its intended use as a packaging material.

Guideline QS-GAP Production Fruit, Vegetables, Potatoes (valid as of 01.01.2026)

With GLOBALG.A.P. benchmarked standard with requirements for cultivation, harvest, preparation and marketing of fruit and vegetables (field/protected cultivation).