Validation of the first objective evaluation system for beef carcasses

Systems that objectively assess beef carcasses are becoming more common in slaughterhouses. The objectives of this study were to investigate differences in the EUROP classification of beef carcasses between independent national senior assessors and abattoir assessors, and to investigate the results of calibration and validation tests for the German VBS 2000 system in Poland. All the procedures involving calibration sample analysis and the certification test were conducted in accordance with the guidelines of Commission Regulation (EC) no 1249/2008. The results show that evaluations provided by abattoir assessors significantly differ to those given by national assessors (pThe accepted manuscript in pdf format is listed with the files at the bottom of this page. The presentation of the authors' names and (or) special characters in the title of the manuscript may differ slightly between what is listed on this page and what is listed in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript; that in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript is what was submitted by the author