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USDA Blog: Audit-Based Beef Grading Can Mean Better Efficiency, Lower Costs

2013-03-14 01:37:23| Beef

By: Craig Morris, Deputy Administrator, AMS Livestock, Poultry and Seed Program Consumers and industry look for the USDA grade shields as trusted symbols of wholesome, high-quality American beef. USDAs Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), the agency responsible for grading, continues to explore ways to more efficiently conduct business. Most recently, we used beef instrumentation grading technology to initiate an audit-based Beef Grading Pilot Program at a facility in Toppenish, WA, in August 2012. read more

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