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The Value of Current Ante Mortem Meat Inspection and Food Chain Information of Dairy Cows in Relation to Post Mortem Findings and the Protection of Public Health: A Case for a More Risk-Based Meat Inspection

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FOODS
卷 12, 期 3, 页码 -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/foods12030616

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meat safety; meat inspection; risk-based; legislation; veterinarian; official control

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This study investigated the contribution of ante mortem inspection and food chain information to meat safety and public health. It was found that there is a substantial overlap between ante mortem and post mortem inspections, and in over 99% of cases, post mortem inspection could be omitted based on ante mortem inspection. The data provided by dairy farmers on food chain information did not contribute significantly to the inspection outcomes. Therefore, it is suggested that current meat inspection procedures need updating and a more risk-based approach should be adopted.
In this study, the contribution of the ante mortem (AM) inspection and the food chain information (FCI) to ensuring meat safety and public health was investigated, by evaluating the slaughterhouse findings of 223,600 slaughtered dairy cows in the Netherlands. The outcome of this study was that the ante mortem (AM) and post mortem (PM) inspections have a substantial overlap, and that with regard to food safety and public health in over 99% of cases the PM could even be omitted on the basis of the AM. In this study, the data provided by the dairy farmers on the current FCI forms contributed little to nothing with regard to the outcomes of AM and PM inspection. It is concluded that current meat inspection procedures need an update and a more risk-based approach needs to be adopted. Regarding this, the AM inspection of dairy cattle should remain, because it plays an important role in ensuring food safety (e.g., by preventing contamination of the slaughter line by excessively dirty animals, or animals with abscesses), monitoring animal welfare and in detecting some important notifiable diseases. The PM inspection, however, could in many cases be omitted, provided there is a strict AM inspection complemented by a vastly improved (automated) way of obtaining reliable FCI.

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