11/27/2007 01:02PM
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27, 2007 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeking comments on a proposed voluntary standard for a naturally raised marketing claim for livestock and meat.The standard will be published as a Notice and Request for Comments in the Federal Register and is titled the U.S. Standards
11/16/2007 07:34AM
For the past six years, North Dakota Beef Cattle Improvement Association producers have been involved with age- and source-verification research with North Dakota State University and numerous partners. This partnership led to a successful application to the USDA to provide third-party verification for
08/12/2007 08:54AM
USDA Prime, Choice, Select and Standard have been the staples of graded beef, at least since the system was overhauled in the 1970s. The Choice grade may have been made too broad for effective use, because in recent years its upper two-thirds has further segmented into a kind of fifth grade: premium
08/08/2007 08:37AM
Age and Source Verification has been a topic of increasing interest in the beef industry, as the Japanese and other foreign markets have reopened to US beef. Beef export regulations have clearly defined the meaning of Age and Source Verification, as age and source claims must by documented and
08/07/2007 11:15AM
The American Angus AssociationSM and Pfizer Animal Health announce a marketing alliance for two premier feeder calf programs.The collaboration pairs AngusSource®, an age-, source- and genetic-USDA Process Verified Program (PVP) for Angus-sired cattle, with SelectVAC®, the premier branded preconditioning