Poultry meat

Product Specification “Dokazana kvaliteta” — Poultry meat

This Specification lays down specific characteristics for poultry meat relating to the method of production and quality of poultry meat. To this end, the Specification establishes the method of production of poultry meat that meets a series of special characteristics. The Specification applies to fresh, chilled, frozen and quick-frozen chicken and turkey meat.

Specific characteristics establish welfare of animals through improved care of day-old chicks and day-old turkeys, improved housing conditions, animal feeding and the length of transport from the producer to the establishment for slaughtering, cutting and processing of meat. The Specification lays down requirements for storage and marketing of poultry meat.

The Specification refers to meat from poultry hatched (born), fattened (grown), slaughtered and cut in the same country.