Modernisation of Meat Inspection
Welcome to the fourth workshop about modernisation of meat inspection, organized in relation to the SafePork Conference. The focus of this year’s workshop is two-fold. First, experience with sensoring technologies such as VISION at the abattoir will be shared. This consists of pilot projects and tools in place targeted meat inspection as well as examples of tools used outside post-mortem inspection. Secondly, other achievements and examples of steps towards further modernisation of meat inspection are presented from around the world, including views on what constitutes current challenges and next steps.
| Time |
Topic – Speaker |
| 09:01 |
Introduction to the workshop – Lis Alban |
| 09:10 |
“CVS systems in pig slaughterhouses: the Italian experience”. – Sergio Ghidini, University of Milano, Italy. |
| 09:25 |
Detecting pig carcass contamination by video image analysis, paving the way for target-oriented decontamination steps. – Matthias Upmann, OWL University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Germany. |
| 09:40 |
How to validate VISION systems for meat inspection– Abbey Olsen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. |
| 09:55 |
Use of VISION systems during pig slaughter– Derk Oorburg, Vion Abattoir Company, The Netherlands. |
| 10:10 |
Automized registration of pleurisy and pneumonia in pigs at abattoirs – experiences and innovations from a Norwegian perspective” – Gunvor Elise Nagel-Alne, Animalia, Norway. |
| 10:25 |
Coffee break |
| 10:45 |
Status of use of AI in meat inspection in Europe – Geraldine Duffy, Teagasc Food Research Centre Ireland. |
| 11:00 |
Challenges and solutions from hygiene intervention targeting traditional slaughterhouses in Western Kenya and Vietnam – Alice Kiarie, ILRI, Kenya, and Dang Xuan Sinh, ILRI, Vietnam |
| 11:15 |
Views on challenges and next steps in meat inspection – Daniel Brandão, Brazilian Agricultural Ministry. |
| 11:30 |
Panel debate and summing up – Bojan Blagojevic |
Organisers: Lis Alban, Bojan Blagojevic, Diana Meemken, Jalusa Deon Kich, Madalena Vieira-Pinto
Participation: €50 – register now
