Danish farmers produce approx. 25 million pigs annually. More then 85% of this production is exported. This makes Denmark the world’s largest exporter of pig meat. The Danish production of beef and veal is based on both dairy cattle and pure beef cattle production. Almost 530000 head of cattle is slaughtered annually. Production of broiler chickens is a predominant part of the Danish broiler poultry sector, and 130.6 million broiler chickens are slaughtered annually. About 60% of the broiler chicken production is exported.

The Danish Meat Research Institute (DMRI) was founded in 1954 as a private institution under the Cooperative Bacon Factories and from 1996 it became a department within the Danish Bacon and Meat Council. Now as before, the research area covers all disciplines from the animals are picked up at the farms, via slaughter, processing and until the meat is eaten by the consumers.

 

In 2006, the Danish Bacon & Meat Council, the Danish Livestock and Meat Board and the Danish Poultry Council joined technical and administrative expertise in a new body under the name Danish Meat Association (DMA) - http://www.danishmeat.dk/

The Centre for Advanced Food Studies (LMC), a centre of excellence, is an interdisciplinary collaboration of research and education within food science and technology – www.lmc.dk

 

The following universities take part in LMC:

 

University of Copenhagen: Faculty of Life Sciences – www.life.ku.dk

 

Technical University of Denmark: FoodDTU – www.dtu.dk/centre/FoodDTU.aspx

 

University of Aarhus: Faculty of Agricultural Sciences & MAPP-centre, Aarhus School of Business – www.au.dk

 

University of Southern Denmark: Faculty of Health Science, Faculty of Science – www.sdu.dk