Project description
Assessing husbandry systems and the quality of animal-sourced products
The EU-funded INTAQT project will perform an in-depth multi-criteria assessment of the relationship between husbandry systems and intrinsic quality traits of animal-sourced products. Researchers will develop quality assessment and authentication tools that provide science-based decision support for policy makers, industries, farmers and consumers, in addition to improving husbandry practices. The initiative will focus on unprocessed and processed ready-to-eat chicken meat, beef and dairy products stemming from husbandry systems of different European countries. INTAQT will involve all actors of the agri-food chains, from farmers to consumers, scientists, certification bodies, policy makers and citizens to achieve consistent and verifiable high-quality animal-based products from both extensive and intensive husbandry systems.
Objective
"Agri-food chain actors lack objective, robust and reliable information to meet consumer expectations in relation to the multiple aspects of intrinsic quality of livestock products from the various European husbandry systems. The goal of INTAQT project is to perform an in-depth multi-criteria assessment of the relationships between husbandry systems and intrinsic quality traits of animal-sourced products. This will be achieved through the development of quality assessment and authentication tools, to provide science-based decision support for policy makers, industries, farmers and consumers as well as develop means to improve husbandry practices complying with high quality of animal products and sustainability of production, defined as the ""One Quality"" of products. INTAQT will focus on unprocessed and processed ready-to-eat chicken meat, beef, and dairy products stemming from a gradient of extensive to intensive husbandry systems from a wide variety of European countries. The project will use a multi-actor participatory approach, involving all actors of the agri-food chains from farmers to consumers, scientists, certification bodies, policy makers and citizens. The challenges addressed are to: i) develop comprehensive models quantifying the impact of husbandry systems on quality traits related to product safety, nutritional value and sensory features, ii) co-construct with agri-food chain actors rapid and cost-effective innovative and practical analytical tools for the prediction of the intrinsic quality of livestock products and authentication of the associated husbandry systems, iii) co-construct with agri-food chain actors, multi-criteria scoring tools of the intrinsic quality of products, and iv) using all these developed tools, promote innovative husbandry practices (approved by agri-food chain actors) to achieve consistently and verifiable excellent quality, safe, healthy and tasty animal-based products from both extensive and intensive husbandry systems."
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RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinator
75007 Paris
France
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Participants (24)
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33175 Gradignan
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37380 Nouzilly
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5070 Frick
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35122 Padova
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75012 Paris
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75012 Paris
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75009 Paris
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10589 Berlin
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7800-502 Beja
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9000 Gent
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R93 Carlow
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06123 Perugia
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BT7 1NN Belfast
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00-389 Warszawa
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40126 Bologna
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06006 Badajoz
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75680 Paris
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47020 San Vittore Di Cesena
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72300 Sable Sur Sarthe
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42124 Reggio Emilia
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9450 LUCHINGEN
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00161 Roma
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75013 PARIS
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34125 Kassel
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