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Advisory board for beef,
veal and pork
„Continuing the QS
success story“
The anniversary year of QS began
with a major incident. The dioxin
findings in feed at the start of
2011 put the scheme to the test. Today, we can say
that the QS scheme worked effectively during this
crisis period. A QS scheme participant detected and
reported the dioxin contamination, and the problem
was contained by tracing it back through the supply
chain, after which the necessary actions were rapidly
taken.
The advisory board for beef, veal and pork discussed
and adopted improvement measures back in January
2011 together with the advisory board for poultry.
These measures included the complete separation
of flows of goods and compulsory positive release
sampling of fatty acids and mixed fats. We began
matching compound feed deliveries to the location
numbers of the supplied farms in January 2012. This
further improves the incident and crisis management
in the QS scheme, as it enables us to localise the
group of supplied farms faster and more effectively
and therefore to further improve tracing efficiency.
There are currently several other topics on the
agenda: antibiotics monitoring, coordinated
sustainability initiatives and the ongoing
development of animal welfare are topics that the
sector is addressing together in search of practicable
solutions. If we can also tackle these issues together
in future, we can continue the success story of QS.
Franz-Josef Möllers,
Chairman of the advisory board for
beef, veal and pork and Vice-President of the German Farmers‘
Association
From the supply
chains
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January-March 2005: international harmonisation
QS signs agreements with the QSG standard in Denmark, the
Certus system and the GMP standard in Belgium as well as the
IKB and GMP+ standards in the Netherlands in order to promote
the harmonisation of national standards. QS currently operates
recognition agreements with a total of 13 standard owners.
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March 2005: start of residue monitoring for fruit and vegetables
With the launch of residue monitoring for fruit, vegetables and potatoes
in March 2005, QS establishes an effective system for continuous
product controls in all stages. Starting in August 2006, QS also inspects
the activities of the laboratories: only those labs that participate in the
annual laboratory performance assessments are permitted to conduct
laboratory tests in the QS scheme.
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Curatorship
The Curatorship of QS Qualität und Sicherheit GmbH
met twice in 2011 in Berlin. Deliberations during
the extraordinary meeting in May 2011 focused in
particular on the dioxin incident in January and the
consequences for the QS scheme. The topics on the
agenda of the ordinary meeting of the Curatorship
in November were the joint tasks and solution
models regarding animal welfare, zoonoses and
quality assurance aspects with regard to fruit and
vegetables.
QS – Report on 2011 Outlook for 2012
Qu a l i t y A s s u r a n c e .
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