project - EIP-AGRI Operational Group
Extending the useful life of commercial refrigerated beef parts, vacuum packed, up to 84 days, for export purposes
Extensión de la vida útil comercial en refrigeración de piezas de carne de vacuno, envasadas al vacío, hasta 84 días, para exportación
Context
Export of beef, in conditions of refrigeration from Catalunya to distant markets, is an activity that generates strong interest from the sector because it allows to increase market volumes and to obtain better commercial margins. Customers in some of the countries of greatest interest, demand the commercial life of refrigerated packaged meat to be at least 84 days. At present, the main competition comes from companies in America, where legislation allows the use of a technique called "intervention", which consists of cleaning the meat with chemical substances. Since this practice is not authorized in the U.E., it is necessary to find alternatives and innovate in order to achieve this challenge.
Objectives
The aim of increasing the commercial life of fresh beef is to provide the sector with the necessary tools to be competitive and worldwide reference. Ensuring that companies have the capacity in terms of organization, knowledge, hygiene, packaging and logistics will allow them to compete internationally in the market for refrigerated packaged beef, with the possibility of offering shelf-life equal to or greater to 84 days. The achievement of this objective is based on three pillars that must be simultaneously optimized: (1) Hygiene and food safety (2) Packaging (materials, systems) and (3) Refrigeration logistics.
Objectives
La finalidad de aumentar la vida útil comercial de la carne fresca de vacuno es dotar al sector de las herramientas necesarias para que sea competitivo y referente a nivel mundial. Asegurar que las empresas tengan la capacidad en organización, conocimiento, higiene, envasado y logística que les permita competir internacionalmente en el mercado de la carne de vacuno refrigerada envasada, con la posibilidad de ofrecer en la práctica real, una vida comercial igual o superior en 84 días. La consecución de este objetivo se basa en tres pilares que hay que optimizar a la vez: (1) Higiene y seguridad alimentaria (2) Envasado (materiales, sistemas) y (3) Logística del frío.
Activities
WP1: Actions in slaughterhouses
WP2: Review and optimization of operations in project partners’ cutting rooms
WP3: Actions in storage, transport and distribution
- WP3.1: Influence of temperature during commercial life
- WP3.2: Commercial availability of alternative transport logistics at low temperature and transport temperature "on line" remote monitoring systems
- WP3.3: Tracking real export lots with simultaneous study of commercial life in mirror-samples at IRTA-Monells, reproducing the actual conditions of the controlled lots.
WP4. Documentation and dissemination of results
Activities
WP1: Acciones en mataderos
WP2: Revisión y optimización de las operaciones en las salas de despiece participantes
WP3: Acciones en almacenamiento, transporte y distribución comercial:
- WP3.1: Influencia de la temperatura durante la vida comercial.
- WP3.2: Disponibilidad comercial de alternativas logísticas de transporte a baja temperatura y de sistemas de monitorización remota de temperaturas de transporte "on line".
- WP3.3: Seguimiento de lotes reales de exportación, con estudio simultáneo de la vida comercial en muestras espejo en IRTA-Monells, reproduciendo las condiciones reales de los lotes controlados.
WP4. Documentación y difusión de resultados.
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
- Barcelona
- Other geographical location
- Girona, Lleida
EUR 281428.58
Total budget
Total contributions from EAFRD, national co-financing, additional national financing and other financing.
Contacts
Project coordinator
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Josep M. Monfort i Bolívar
Project coordinator