About Foundation
We are here to help farmers and beef industry to satisfy a consumer!
and the beef industry satisfy the consumer."
What is the Foundation?
The Foundation is a collaborative, independent, not-for-profit international eating quality research platform. It is linked to the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Specialized Section on Meat.
What does it aim to do?
Improve consumer satisfaction of meat products through fostering the application of global collaborative meat research knowledge throughout supply chains.
How this will be achieved
- Collaborative international research applied to commercial description and trading of beef
- Collaborative international research for consumer sensory evaluation applied for continuous improvement in beef grading systems.
- Facilitating the availability of eating quality tools, protocols and software to underpin collaborative projects and knowledge transfer.
- A global DATAbank of meat research data from participating countries to foster continuous improvement in eating quality prediction
The Council
Jerzy Wierzbicki
Chairmen
President of Polish Beef Association
Sarah Strachan
Member of the Council
Group Manager – Meat Livestock Australia
Dr Rod Polkinghorne
Member of the Council
Leader of Meat Standard Australia project
Jean Luc Meriaux
Member of the Council
John Webster
Member of the Council
Management Board
Marcin Adamczyk
President of the Management Board
Scientific Reference Group
Foundation members of the SRG are countries who have data based on MSA protocols. These would include representatives from Poland (PBA/SGGW), Northern Ireland (AFBI), USA (Texas Tech), Ireland (Teagasc), Australia (MLA), France (INRAE), England (AHDB).
Dr Rod Polkinghorne
Project Leader of the Scientific Reference Group
Rod Polkinghorne was appointed Project Leader of the Scientific Reference Group. This position would be funded to provide governance.
Dr Jean-François Hocquette (INRAE)
Leader of the Ontology Technical Working Group
Since 1991, Dr JF Hocquette has been a research scientist at INRA (the French National Institute for Agricultural, Food and Environment Research). His research interest mainly concerns muscle biology as relevant to muscle growth and beef eating quality. Dr Hocquette is the President of the Cattle Study Commission of EAAP (European Federation of Animal Science) and he is editor-in-chief of the French R&D Meat Journal, Viandes & Produits Carnés.
Dr Linda Farmer
Leader of Flavour Technical Working Group
Head of Food Research Branch in AFBI.
AFBI Food Research Branch is a recognised centre of expertise on the management and prediction of eating quality and flavour of meat and we are collaborating with colleagues across Europe, USA and Australia.
email: linda.farmer@afbini.gov.uk