Whether it is pork, poultry, lam, horse meat, beef, or game like wildboar or dear – we process and literally add value to the raw material.
We have a wide variety to offer – we have companies specialized in Halal, special diets, organic meat, or other protein sources. We can make meat products from any quality scheme raw material. You name it, we make it !

Belgium is renowned for its specific races and variation. The meat processing industry sources local where possible. The Belgian Landrace pig and our Belgian Blue are two examples of meat that are renowned for their high-quality lean meat and full taste. But new pig breeds are being developed. Universities perform permanent research in order to optimize feed, carcass value optimization, processing techniques, antibiotics reduction, improve animal welfare and many more.

Making top quality products of top raw material, ensures the final product quality of Belgian Meat products.

Belgian meat products makers are the ultimate niche players – they are experts in developing specific products and flavors and can quickly flexibly respond to the customers’ requirements, both at home and abroad.

Thanks to professional production methods, constant quality levels in products can be guaranteed. That makes buyers all over the world prefer Belgian meat products.

We have all the necessary know-how and expertise to meet all of our customers’ requirements. Production techniques & methods, specific solutions in packing, slicing/dicing, research and development, reformulation of products (for example reducing salt, fat, process vegetables in meat products, …), longer shelf life, flavors, working with plant based proteins, … just ask us your questions and our expertise will provide you with all the answers.

Our companies have state-of-the-art Research & Development people, who can be a reliable partner in the thinking process.

And that is our strength: our products combine heritage and state of the art innovation.

Not only the production of raw material in Belgium is sustainable, waste water treatment, water purification, waste reduction, heat recuperation of coolers, solar panels, optimization of logistics, making our transportation vehicles greener…

The Research & Development departments search for example for the most sustainable packaging. It is a way to guarantee buyers of Belgian meat products that they not only buy high-quality products compliant with food safety regulations, but also that the carbon footprint has been kept to an absolute minimum.
Carne sustenibile/Meat Advisory panel/big companies

The meat processing federation takes part in many innovation research projects. That way, we can scientifically support innovations, in creating new culinary opportunities, but also in continuously improvement of the food safety and the production cycle.
We are active in antibiotics reduction, low nitrate levels, combining vegetables and polyphenols in meat products, food safety research,… new production techniques like High Pressure Processing,…

A centrally managed control program checks all manufacturers of high-quality meat products whether they comply with the regulations and legislation – but also their suppliers – and that is unique !
But above all – it gives buyers of Belgian meat products and all consumers guarantee of safe, high quality meat products.

We can say, without a shadow of a doubt, that Belgian meat products are of the highest quality, that Belgian control methods are of the strictest in Europe and that products are made with the utmost compliance with food safety. We produce authentic meat products with craftmanship that has been handed down over centuries.

Belgium and the FASFC are often praised for their ‘good practice in food safety’, due to their expertise and the coherent system – it creates trust.

In order for companies in the high-quality meat products chain to operate correctly, it is important for all requirements and systems to be integrated and aligned. For that reason, the FASFC self-regulation guides can be combined with international standards like ISO 22000, BRC, IFS, etc. These standards have a broad international scope, and our system has a clear vertical focus: compliance with all regulations and legislation in terms of food safety. When combined with international standards, this creates the best system.