Qualidade da carne na indústria frigorífica - programa carne certificada Hereford

Abstract

Brazil has a large capacity to produce animal protein due to the large extension area, the favorable climate and the potential of grain production, and the current production is capable of supplying the domestic bovine protein demand and leads a large amount to exportation. The commercialization of beef has a great economic impact on the Brasilian's gross domestic product, with a history of annual growth occurring together with the genetic improvement and quality of the meat produced. In slaughterhouses, there are several quality meat certification programs, which encourage the improvement of production, that is aiming of producing faster the same amount of meat with more quality. Several factors are determining the carcass certification or not and they reveal an important analysis tool, both for companies and for certification programs. Therefore, the objective of this study was to carry out an exploratory analysis of data from bovine carcasses slaughtered in a slaughterhouse in Rio Grande do Sul state, in 2020. As a result, the number of animals slaughtered was 131,563, and the number of animals certified in the Hereford quality meat program was 27.2%. It was observed that it is possible to add value in specific cuts of meat, using the same product, leaving the value of commodities, reaching 30% of more price. We concluded that it is possible for the producer to add more than 8% of the value of a slaughtered animal compared to the same animal after certification, and for this it is necessary to invest in animal genetics, to meet the slaughter age and fat requirements of the program, and to choose slaughterhouses registered in the association.