The INTAQT project: tools to assess and authenticate poultry, beef and dairy products

Actors of the agri-food chain lack reliable and robust information to meet consumer expectations in relation to the multiple aspects of intrinsic quality of livestock products from the various European livestock systems. The INTAQT project aims to assess the relationships between animal production systems and products quality in order to improve husbandry practices complying with high quality animal products and sustainability. This is the ‘One Quality’ concept. The project focuses on chicken meat, beef, and dairy products and applies a multi-actor participatory approach which involves all actors of the agri-food chain. The challenges are to: (1) develop comprehensive models to quantify the impact of livestock systems on product safety, nutritional value and sensory attributes; (2) propose, together with the agri-food chain actors, fast, easy and cost-effective analytical tools to predict the intrinsic quality of livestock products and authenticate the associated livestock systems; (3) propose together with the same actors multi-criteria scoring tools for the intrinsic quality of products; and (4) promote farming practices which can allow the production of safe, healthy and tasty animal products while ensuring a decent income to farmers and respecting animal welfare and the environment. The INTAQT project (EU H2020 No 101000250 – https://h2020-intaqt.eu/) started on June 2021 for 5 years.