Publication Date
January 2013
Abstract
The primary purpose of meat inspection is to contribute to the production of safe food for human consumption. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the implementation of modern, predominantly visual, inspection systems for carcasses from fattening pigs reared outdoors since weaning, in Great Britain (GB), would alter the risk to food safety. A combination of sources was used to inform a formal, mostly qualitative, risk assessment, based on Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) guidelines.
Book Title
10th International Conference on the Epidemiology and Control of Biological, Chemical and Physical Hazards in Pigs and Pork
Pages
31-34
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
DOI
https://doi.org/10.31274/safepork-180809-902
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Animal Diseases Commons, Veterinary Infectious Diseases Commons, Veterinary Microbiology and Immunobiology Commons, Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Epidemiology, and Public Health Commons
#1447 Visual-only meat inspection of pigs fattened outdoors: a food safety risk?
Portland, Maine, USA
The primary purpose of meat inspection is to contribute to the production of safe food for human consumption. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the implementation of modern, predominantly visual, inspection systems for carcasses from fattening pigs reared outdoors since weaning, in Great Britain (GB), would alter the risk to food safety. A combination of sources was used to inform a formal, mostly qualitative, risk assessment, based on Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) guidelines.
