Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management of the Republic of Serbia organized on September 14, 2017, official opening of Twinning light project „Identification of necessary steps in the process of establishing а carcass classification system in accordance with EU requirements“, in Palace “Serbia”.

At the meeting took part representatives of The Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Serbia, representatives of relevant ministries, representatives of the industry, the Serbian Chamber of Commerce, scientific and educational institutions

The project, which is financed from EU funds with the co-financing of the Republic of Serbia, is being implementing Danish Meat Research Institute in cooperation with the Danish Classification Inspection. On this event are presented activities carried out during the first three months of project implementation, as well as plans for the upcoming period.

During the first three months of project implementation were visited the slaughterhouses that produce for the domestic market, as well as facilities with export licenses to the EU, a comparison of domestic and EU legislation in this area was made, an overview of the entire slaughterhouse sector of the Republic of Serbia was made in relation to the capacity and number of slaughtering, and a questionnaire that will be sent to slaughterhouses.

In continuation of project implementation, a workshops will be held with the with the aim of informing of stakeholders with tasks related to the classification of carcases, as well as identifying the necessary steps for the system establishing in the Republic of Serbia

The main objective of this project is to provide support to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management of the Republic of Serbia in establishing a harmonized system of Common Market Organization of agricultural products, in the field of carcass classification, which is one of the strategic objectives of the EU accession process.