project - EIP-AGRI Operational Group
ECOCARN - Extension of the shelf life of organically certified pork and beef products
Context
The overall aim of the project is to increase the current shelf life of various organically certified pork and beef products (beef and pork burgers, fresh pork sausage, Catalan pork sausage and egg sausage and white pudding) and provide the two companies in the consortium (Carns de confiança – Pirinat and the company Embotits Salgot, S.A.) with the tools to increase their competitiveness in the market so that they become a benchmark in the national meat sector.
Objectives
The following specific technical objectives are set:
• Evaluate the hygienic and technological quality of meat as a raw material to ensure the highest quality when it is processed into meat products.
• Monitor and manage the critical factors on which the shelf life of the meat products evaluated depends.
• Evaluate the materials, packaging systems and environmental conditions (temperature and relative humidity) that improve the preservation of meat products from the perspective of safety and quality.
• Integrate improvements on an industrial scale (additives and ingredients, processing and packaging) to obtain high-quality products.
Activities
The following activities to fulfil the specific objectives have been proposed:
• Activity 1. Identification and quantitative evaluation of the determining factors in the durability of meat products in various reasonably foreseeable scenarios, by applying predictive tools and experimental trials.
• Activity 2. Experimental verification of the best strategy, taking into account the quality and durability of meat products, evaluating microbial growth and changes in visual/olfactory characteristics during their shelf life.
Project details
- Main funding source
- Rural development 2014-2020 for Operational Groups
- Rural Development Programme
- 2014ES06RDRP009 Spain - Rural Development Programme (Regional) - Cataluña
Location
- Main geographical location
- Girona
- Other geographical location
- Barcelona
EUR 140964.52
Total budget
Total contributions from EAFRD, national co-financing, additional national financing and other financing.
Contacts
Project coordinator
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INNOVAC (Catalan Association of innovation in the pig meat industry)
Project coordinator