Slaughter reports for cattle will be mandatory from 2022 in Germany

According to the decision of the Advisory Board at the end of September, reporting the slaughter findings data for cattle is mandatory from January 1, 2022 with the new guideline findings data in cattle husbandry, as announced by QS (Quality and Safety) in a press release. The guide will be published on December 1st on the company's website. This means that from the beginning of 2022, all slaughter data for all animal species certified in the QS scheme will be recorded and evaluated in the database. So far, slaughterhouses can voluntarily report findings data The working group for cattle findings has been developing the criteria for the systematic recording of slaughter findings from the official ante-mortem and meat inspections of cattle since 2019. Since July 1, 2020, slaughterhouses have been able to voluntarily report the findings data to the QS findings database for cattle as part of a pilot project. Changes to the organs (such as the lungs, pleura, heart, liver, kidneys or ...