Ameco works with Safety Guard, the VanDrie Group's quality system. With Safety Guard, we guarantee food safety, animal welfare and traceability throughout our production chain.
This quality system is based on ISO 22000. Various other standards are also guaranteed. With Safety Guard, Ameco meets the various quality requirements demanded by customers. Ameco also has its own quality department. This ensures that the highest standards are constantly met. For sampling and analyses, we work with certified laboratories.
Traceability through a short chain
Cattle is selected and purchased from dairy farmers in the Netherlands. This way, traceability can be guaranteed and the origin is verifiable. The origin is verifiable and attention is paid to animal welfare and the environment. The transport distance is kept short, as cattle is bought in the Netherlands. Because only dual-purpose cows are slaughtered, there is no one-sided energy-intensive rearing; instead, a significant contribution is made to milk production.
Animal welfare
In the context of animal welfare, Ameco has chosen to be the first slaughterhouse in the Netherlands to use the ideas of US zoologist and animal activist Temple Grandin. Grandin is a professor at the University of Colorado in the United States, and claims to be able to empathise well with cattle because of her autism and giftedness. Her main principle is: adapt to the behaviour of the cattle, even in slaughterhouses. By applying this principle, we can ensure that animal welfare in the slaughterhouse is at the highest level possible.
