<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Until the introduction of SEUROP system, price negotiation between pig producers and slaughterhouses was based on two subjective criteria: animal weight and visual inspection of the quality of pigs. To ensure producers a fair payment, European Union created the possibility of binding the price on two objective factors: carcass weight and carcass composition. This paper describes the pricing mechanism developed by Romania in order to respond to European Union requirements for ensuring a fair payment to pig producers. It raises the attention on the difficulties encountered by the producers in understanding the way the commercial value of a pig carcass is calculated in case the selling price is negotiated on a flat rate basis or on a lean content basis (per kg of carcass weight or per kg of live weight).</p></abstract>

Until the introduction of SEUROP system, price negotiation between pig producers and slaughterhouses was based on two subjective criteria: animal weight and visual inspection of the quality of pigs. To ensure producers a fair payment, European Union created the possibility of binding the price on two objective factors: carcass weight and carcass composition. This paper describes the pricing mechanism developed by Romania in order to respond to European Union requirements for ensuring a fair payment to pig producers. It raises the attention on the difficulties encountered by the producers in understanding the way the commercial value of a pig carcass is calculated in case the selling price is negotiated on a flat rate basis or on a lean content basis (per kg of carcass weight or per kg of live weight).

Animal Carcass Pricing Grid. Evidences from the Romanian Pigmeat Market

Lucian Blaga University from Sibiu, Romania

University of Applied Sciences, Kufstein, Austria

Acta Universitatis Cibiniensis. Series E: Food Technology

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Until the introduction of SEUROP system, price negotiation between pig producers and slaughterhouses was based on two subjective criteria: animal weight and...

Animal Carcass Pricing Grid. Evidences from the Romanian Pigmeat Market

Published Online: Aug 04, 2015

Page range: 19 - 26

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/aucft-2015-0003

Keywords
Quality, prices, grading, SEUROP, pig carcass classification

© Lucian Blaga University

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Animal Carcass Pricing Grid. Evidences from the Romanian Pigmeat Market

Published Online: Aug 04, 2015

Page range: 19 - 26

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/aucft-2015-0003

KeywordsQuality, prices, grading, SEUROP, pig carcass classification

© Lucian Blaga University

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Quality, prices, grading, SEUROP, pig carcass classification