International developments in process efficiency and quality in the meat industry
Recent international developments in meat processing efficiency and quality will be presented and future trends highlighted. The conference is aimed at European industrialists and researchers including:
- Senior meat processing industry personnel who influence the strategic planning process;
- Fresh meat buyers and quality managers from large supermarket retail chains;
- National meat marketing agencies;
- Meat research agencies;
- Universities.
Specific issues to be addressed will include:
- Genetic selection;
- Feed supplementation;
- Robotics/automation;
- Carcass classification and composition;
- Efficiency and inefficiencies in meat production;
- Meat quality: improvements and control;
- Quality assurance schemes;
- Marketing trends;
- Trends in meat manufacture;
- Marketing a meat product: a case history;
- Packaging developments;
- How healthy is meat?
The conference aims to enable participants to assess the significance of recent research in this area and its potential impact on their companies' competitiveness in the future.
For further information/registration, please contact:
The National Food Centre - TEAGASC
Mr. Declan Troy
Dunsinea
Castleknock
Dublin 15
Ireland
Tel. +353-1-8383222; Fax +353-1-8383584