APPLICATION OF THE (S)EUROP SYSTEM IN PIG CARCASS EVALUATION IN BULGARIA

G. Petrov, Z. Nakev

Abstract: The present paper makes an analytical review of the history and the results of the application of the (S) EUROP system in the evaluation of pig carcasses in Bulgaria. It was established that on national scale the pig producers provide the meat processing companies with high quality material, yet some reserves existing in carcass weight. Herein the emphasis is on the need for improvement of the used model through monitoring of pig carcasses and for development of alternative models for quality assessment requiring no great investment and applicable to both scalded and skinned carcasses.

Keywords: (S) EUROP; Bulgaria; pig carcasses

Date published: 2017-05-22