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Quality Meat Scotland

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Quality Meat Scotland
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Agency overview
Formed1990
TypeExecutive non-departmental public body
JurisdictionScotland
HeadquartersRural Centre, West Mains, Ingliston, Newbridge
Employees28 (Q1 2022)[1]
Agency executives
  • Kate Rowell[2], Chair
  • Sarah Millar[2], Chief Executive
Websitewww.qmscotland.co.uk

Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) is an executive non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government.[1] It promotes the red meat sector and markets the Protected Geographical Indication Scotch Beef and Scotch Lamb brands.

It was set up in 1990 (originally as the Scottish Quality Beef & Lamb Association) to provide assurance to industry and consumers that animals produced for the food chain met certain standards.[3] It was established on a statutory basis in 2008, replacing the Meat and Livestock Commission.[4]

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Scottish Government

Scottish Government

The Scottish Government is the devolved government of Scotland. It was formed in 1999 as the Scottish Executive following the 1997 referendum on Scottish devolution.

Red meat

Red meat

In gastronomy, red meat is commonly red when raw, in contrast to white meat, which is pale in color before cooking. In culinary terms, only flesh from mammals or fowl is classified as red or white. In nutritional science, red meat is defined as any meat that has more of the protein myoglobin than white meat. White meat is defined as non-dark meat from fish or chicken.

Meat and Livestock Commission

Meat and Livestock Commission

The Meat and Livestock Commission, (MLC), was set up by the UK Government under the Agriculture Act 1967 with Government money with the remit to promote the sale of red meat. The MLC was previously an independent non-departmental public body, but from 1 April 2008 it was superseded by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board.

Controversies

In 2021, covert footage was shot at a high welfare farm owned by Philip Sleigh, the chairman of the pig standard-setting committee at Quality Meat Scotland. Footage showed farmers hammering pigs to death, weak piglets being slammed into concrete floors and pigs with severe untreated prolapses. Animal Equality UK said "Rubbing shoulders with government officials and accreditation reps, Philip Sleigh was entrusted with a position of power, yet his own farm breached the very standards he helped set".[5]

Source: "Quality Meat Scotland", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, February 4th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality_Meat_Scotland.

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References
  1. ^ a b "National public bodies directory - Executive non-departmental public bodies". Scottish Government. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Our Board". Quality Meat Scotland. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) Assurance Scheme - Cattle and Sheep". SFQC (Scottish Food Quality Certification Ltd). Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  4. ^ Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006, section 91; Quality Meat Scotland Order 2008.
  5. ^ "Pigs hammered to death at 'high-welfare' farm". The Independent. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
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