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Technical trip to see Black Majorcan Pigs 02.11.2011
All photos in this article: Signe Rosendal Rasmussen The Q-PorkChains conference finished with a technical trip to see the Black Majorcan...
New test to secure animal health, welfare and food safety 02.11.2011
Animal health, animal welfare and food safety can be improved by the use of a new rapid test developed in Q-PorkChains. Researchers in...
New and safer types of pork carpaccio 02.11.2011
Methods of high pressure treatment, fermentation and drying have been investigated in order to ensure meat safety and quality of...
Combination of markers to control meat quality 31.10.2011
Research shows that it is recommended to use more than one marker to evaluate and control meat quality. Fast, cheap and reliable tests are...
Fermented sausages without added sodium salts 31.10.2011
Based on results from the Q-PorkChains project, the Spanish company Casademont has produced healthier fermented sausages without added...
Animal Health at Farm Level: PMWS and PRRS 26.09.2011
A new electronic learning resource that can be used for students and business has been developed and uploaded at the teaching and training...
Life Cycle Assessment 26.09.2011
A new electronic learning resource that can be used for students and business has been developed and uploaded at the teaching and training...
Fundamentals in Water Holding Capacity 26.09.2011
A new electronic learning resource that can be used for students and business has been developed and uploaded at the teaching and training...
Q-PorkChains public conference 29.06.2011
The official closing of the integrated EU project Q-PorkChains will be marked by a 2-day public conference entitled: 'Sustainable and...
Entire male pigs 15.06.2011
A new electronic learning resource that can be used for students and business has been developed and uploaded at the teaching and training...
Low salt pig-meat products and novel formulations 15.06.2011
A new electronic learning resource that can be used for students and business has been developed and uploaded at the teaching and training...
Pork Supply chains in the EU 15.06.2011
A new electronic learning resource that can be used for students and business has been developed and uploaded at the teaching and training...
Your food-related lifestyle is associated with obesity 17.01.2011
If you prefer to eat snacks over ordinary meals you are more likely to be obese, shows research from Q-PorkChains. Researchers from...
European saddle pig network meeting 27.09.2010
UPDATE: After finalising the survey, the 29th-30th 2011 of May was chosen as the best fitting date by most of the respondents....
Danish Department of Food Science to be majorly represented at the World Exposition 2010 in Shanghai 03.06.2010
Five EU funded projects have been invited to give presentations on results and achievements at a seminar on "Research for healthy life" at the...
New learning resource in the field of product development 08.02.2010
A new electronic learning resource that can be used for students and business has been developed and uploaded at the teaching and training...
International Conference on Chain and Network Management (WICaNeM) 11.11.2009
On 26-28 May 2010 the 9th Wageningen International Conference on Chain and Network Management (WICaNeM) will be organized in Wageningen, The...
Newsletter no.5 from Q-porkchains is published September 2009 14.09.2009
Newsletter No. 5 is available at www.q-porkchains.org/No.5   It can be downloaded in pdf here. If you want to subscribe to the maillist,...
A new presentation of a Open Learning Ressorce 07.08.2009
A presentation of a open learning ressource is available for all, especially teacher and trainers.   Download the leaflet.
Friday 21 of August University of Copenhagen host Q-porkchain seminary 07.08.2009
170 persons will during the event focus on Consumers and Pork Quality.   The program can be downloaded here.
New book on European pork chains 20.03.2009
“European pork chains” is a new book about diversity and quality challenges in consumer-oriented production and distribution. One...
Invitation to a new initiative - Meat Week 03.02.2009
The 1st international meat week will take place between the 17th and 20th of November 2009 in Bonn, Germany. Read more
The Industry Platform: Second competitive call 03.02.2009
Industrial partners wanted for innovation in the pork production chain – 975.000 Euro out of EU funding available Read more about the...
The PhD web-community is open for participation 16.12.2008
A communication-site for knowledge providers - especially PhD students - is open. It will continiusly be developed to match the needs of the users....
Re-launch of Q-Porkchains Open Learning Platform 09.12.2008
www.porktraining.org gives the possibility to submit own teaching and training resources, to find and use resources developed by others and to...
Newsletter No.3 is published Sept. 2008 18.09.2008
Newsletter No. 3 can be downloaded. Read it in pdf here. If you want to subscribe to the maillist, click here.
The Industry Platform - A new topic Innovations in the pork sector is open 18.09.2008
The new discussion topic "Innovations in the pork sector" is online: Innovation blog You are cordially invited to take part...
Pig health status on-farm information system is awarded 05.09.2008
Group Glon has been awarded with the Innov'Space 2008 prize. Sanibase is a network information system which centralises information relating to...
Q-Porkchains Open Learning Platform is launched 24.06.2008
The new Open Learning Platform is Q-PorkChains archive for free and open learning resources. www.porktraining.org gives the possibility to submit...
Newsletter No. 2 is published March 2008 14.03.2008
Newsletter No. 2 can be downloaded. Read it in pdf here. If you want to subscribe, click here.
QPorkChains 1st weblog is online 08.02.2008
How is quality management performed in your company? The first weblog on „pork quality management“ is now...
Q-PorkChains will attend ICoMST 2008 31.01.2008
ICoMST is an international Food Congress. In 2008 it will take place in Cape Town, South Africa. Q-PorkChains will attend the congress 10-15...
New method predicts poor meat quality 23.10.2007
Stress related markers in pig blood can predict low water-holding capacity and poor colour of the meat at the slaughterhouses right after...
Proceedings from the first congress in Copenhagen 10 January 2007 02.10.2007
1 January 2007, the large EU-project supported by the EU 6th Framework programme was initiated. 10 January the project was initiated by an...
Newsletter No. 1 August 2007 17.08.2007
The first newsletter in the project is published. Read it in pdf here. If you want to subscribe, click here.
Launch of web-based industry platform 06.07.2007
The aim of the Q-PorkChains Industry Platform is to inform stakeholders of the European pork industry about the innovative concepts of...
Research on consumer perception of pork 06.07.2007
A comprehensive model for analyzing the process of food quality perception by the consumer is The Total Food Quality Model (TFQM). It serves as...
Results from survey in 'Teaching and training' 28.06.2007
During April and May 2007, the first survey in 'Teaching and training' was conducted.  The purpose was to gather background...
Q-PorkChains leaflet 27.02.2007
Download a description of the Q-PorkChains project - aim, modules, outcome, partners and more. Click here.
New website 11.01.2007
The frontpage of the website is introduced at the kick off meeting in Copenhagen 10-12 January 2007.
Website hosted by University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Life Sciences