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The QS guidelines from the meat, livestock farming and feed sectors were revised in the course of the 2020 revision in terms of both content and editing and adapted to practical use and legal requirements. The valid documents are now available in our Document Center and can be downloaded....

The revised QS guidelines have been valid since 1 January 2020. They can now be viewed and downloaded in the Documentcenter of the QS company website.  

36 of the 38 participating laboratories from Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Poland and Denmark achieved a positive result in the 2019 QS round robin test for laboratories in QS salmonella monitoring. They were asked to test ten meat juice and ten serum samples with different...

QS and the Danish standard Danish Agriculture and Food Council (DAFC) have agreed to extend their mutual recognition, already existing since 2006, for another two years.

Before we start the year 2020 full of optimism, we would like to thank you for the good and successful cooperation in 2019.

On 1 January 2020, the revised Guideline Feed Sector will enter into force. We have already compiled the most important changes for the feed sector in advance:  

From now on, the guidelines valid for the coming year 2020 can be viewed and downloaded in the document centre of the QS company website. You can also download the revised checklists for audits to be carried out from 1 January 2020.  

The additional control plan for Aflatoxin B1 in maize has been revised with effect from 11 December 2019. Based on the available results for Aflatoxin B1, the revised version includes new risk classifications for Italy, Hungary and Ukraine.

Every month, new companies decide to participate in the QS scheme and thus give a signal to their customers that all their operational processes are checked by independent certification bodies.