Project

Carcass grading 2020 / Carcass composition and classification service

Code
14010320
Duration
01 January 2020 → 31 December 2020
Funding
Federal funding: various, Funding by bilateral agreement (private and foundations)
Research disciplines
  • Agricultural and food sciences
    • Agricultural animal production not elsewhere classified
    • Post harvest technologies of plants, animals and fish (incl. transportation and storage)
Keywords
carcass grading classification slaughterhouse CBKc
 
Project description

The project ‘carcass grading 2020’ involves the tasks imposed by the government on the CBKc (Carcass composition  and classification service). These tasks concern the support of the inspection of the grading of bovine and pig carcasses in Flemish slaughterhouses, the supervision on the proper functioning of the grading instruments, performing cutting trials, testing new classification devices and giving training sessions.