Quality of Milk and Meat

Apart from the doubtlessly necessary technical assistance on the strengthening of public veterinary and food inspection services, adequate attention should be given to the private actors in this sector to support their efforts to comply with the new safety and quality requirements. Technical assistance projects emphasizing the quality improvement of animal products and the introduction of relevant services look very promising as they provide mutual benefit of system sustainability.

Projects or project components on quality improvement of milk and meat may cover for the following areas:

• Planning and implementation of milk quality control systems
• Introduction of quality systems for milk and meat (QS and QM) 
• Training of livestock farmers on milk quality improvement
• Equipment of central milk laboratories and training of lab staff
• Introduction of EU standards and the HACCP system 
• Planning and Implementation of milk recording schemes for cattle, sheep and goats