Analysis of the quality of carcasses of young Simental bulls according to EU standard

Abstract

Domestic spotted cattle of Simmental breed with a combined production capacity is mostly grown in the Republic of Serbia. Considering the Serbia's potential and tradition in production of quality beef meat as food for human consumption and raw material in the food industry and the demand of the EU market, imposes the need for changing the present and adopting new regulations. The quality of the slaughtered animals is a subject of interest, of both primary production and meat industry. Procedure of classification of carcasses is performed in slaughterhouses immediately after a veterinary examination and measurement of carcasses weight. This paper examines the quality of young cattle carcasses in a slaughterhouse in the Raska district, according to the standard applied in the EU but not in Republic of Serbia. Examination has been conducted on 80 cattle carcasses (young bulls) weighing 450 - 550 kg. For the quality evaluation and grading of meat the following parameters according to the European standard for the classification of cattle carcasses (SEUROP) were used: weight of the animal, the category of a slaughtered animal according to the age and physiological state, slaughter weight / carcass weight and randman, i.e. the conformation of the carcass, development of the muscles of the carcass as well as the development of basic parts (leg, back and shoulder) and the degree of carcass fat tissue coverage.

Domaće šareno goveče u tipu simentalca je rasa goveda kombinovanih proizvodnih sposobnosti koja se najviše gaji u Republici Srbiji. Posmatrajući potencijal i tradiciju naše zemlje u proizvodnji kvalitetnog goveđeg mesa kao namirnice za ishranu ljudi i sirovine za preradu u prehrambenoj industriji s jedne strane, i potreba tržista EU sa druge strane, nameće se potreba za menjanjem postojećih i donošenjem novih propisa. Kvalitet trupova zaklanih životinja je predmet interesovanja, kako primarne proizvodnje, tako i industrije mesa. Postupak klasiranja trupova odnosno polutki sprovodi se u klanicama neposredno nakon veterinarskog pregleda i utvrđivanja mase trupa. U radu je ispitan kvalitet trupova junadi, zaklanih u jednoj klanici u Raškom okrugu, prema standardu koji se primenjuje u zemljama Evropske Unije a koji se još ne primenjuje u Republici Srbiji. Ispitivanje je sprovedeno na 80 trupova junadi (mladih bikova) telesne mase 450 - 550 kg. Za procenu kvaliteta i klasiranje mesa u trupovima korišćeni su parametri, prema Evropskom standardu za klasiranje trupova goveda SEUROP: masa životinje, kategorija zaklane životinje shodno starosti i fiziološkom stanju, klanična težina/masa trupa i randman, konformacija trupa tj. razvijenosti mišića trupa kao i razvijenosti osnovnih delova (but, leđa i plećka) i stepen prekrivenosti trupa masnim tkivom.