Completed Projects
Q-PorkChains
The objective of Q-PorkChains was to develop innovative, integrated and sustainable food production chains of high quality pork products matching consumer demands, by development and testing of advanced and multi-disciplinary approaches for identification, characterisation, prediction, and control of the quality of pork and pork products in different stages of the pork chain in diverse production systems.
GIQS took the role as “SME Liaison Office”, to inform Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) throughout entire Europe about the development and results of Q-PorkChains and to support their involvement in project activities. more>>
AIDA
The networking project is primarily designed to improve competitiveness and innovative economic power in animal husbandry cooperatives (Viehverwertungsgenossenschaften – VVG) and producer communities (Erzeugergemeinschaften – EZG) which generally have small and medium-sized structures. more >>
Managing risks
The cross border development and testing of effective tools for prevention and control of animal diseases is the stated objective of the project group “Managing risks”. German and Dutch experts from facilities operating in the private and public sectors are working together. more...
PromSTAP
is an Interreg IIIC Initiative for an RFO to promote the "Stable to table" approach in European Regional development. more...
GIQS in fruit and vegetable chains
Trans border project to strengthen chain wide quality assurance systems in fruits and vegetable production in one of the centers of European fruits and vegetable production, the Euregio Rhine-Maas-North. more...
GIQS in food processing SMEs
Assuring food quality by effective self control. A cross border project sets up a network of small and medium-sized food processing companies who collaborate in improving their quality management systems.more...
GIQS in meat chains
Dutch and German experts from business and research develop tools to improve chain wide quality and health management in meat production. more...