—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, -August 12, 1972
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Beef Carcass Data Service Will be
Expansion of a pilot study to
provide beef carcass information
to producers was announced
today by the U.S. Department of
Agriculture.
The collection of the carcass
data will be carried out by the
Livestock Division of USDA’s
Agricultural Marketing Service
in response to the requests of
numerous livestock associations
coordinated by the Beef Im
provement Federation (BIF).
The service is to be made
available on a self-supporting
Federal Jobs Still Open
To State Meat Inspectors
Federal meat inspection of
ficials today issued a reminder to
past and present Pennsylvania
meat inspectors that they may
still apply for employment under
the U.S. Department of
Agriculture’s inspection
program.
Dr. C.F. Diehl, director of
USDA’s northeastern meat and
poultry inspection region, noted
that some confusion has arisen in
connection with Federal in
spection recruiting efforts.
“When it became apparent that
USDA would have to assume
responsibility for the State in
spection program in Penn
sylvania,” Diehl said, “special
provisions were obtained from
the U.S. Civil Service Com
mission to hire under a blanket
emergency authority those state
inspectors who met minimum
education and experience
qualifications.”
During this emergency
authority period, which ended
July 28, USDA hired 131 former
State inspectors. These in
spectors are now taking part in
an intensive orientation program
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basis to producers nationwide
through livestock and trade
organizations and State depart
ments of agriculture. It has been
operated on a 4-State midwest
area as a pilot study under the
working title of the "Beef Car
cass Date Service.”
While the planned expansion
will make the service available
nationwide, it will necessarily be
somewhat limited during the test
period, while the procedures for
collecting and returning data to
producers are being fully
evaluated.
to become thoroughly versed in
applying the basic federal in
spection requirements. Per
sonnel from the federal meat
inspection training center in
Denton, Tex., are working on the
orientation with the regional
office in Harrisburg.
Diehl stressed that other state
inspectors may still apply for
Federal employment. They will
need to pass the regular civil
service examination, and will be
placed on the regular em
ployment register from which all
competitive appointments are
made, he explained. They should
contact his office, at 1421 Cherry
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19102
(telephone: 215-597-4219)).
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The service works like this:
The local association cooperating
with the USDA on the program
makes official Beef Carcass Data
eartags available to producers
for 50 cents each. When the
tagged animal is slaughtered in
plants serviced by USDA
graders, the grader evaluates the
quality and yield grade factors
from these carcasses on an of
ficial Beef Carcass Data form.
The form is forwarded to the
issuing association, which, in
turn, gets it back to the tag
purchaser. A fee of $1.50 is
charged for the completed form.
Eartags sometimes get lost, so
that a carcass data form is not
necessarily returned for every
eartag issued.
BIF and USDA officials point
out that the service will provide a
unique opportunity for producers
to obtain much needed data on
the value-determining charac
teristics of their cattle. They
stress that the program has great
potential for assisting purebred
breeders and commercial cat
tlemen alike in (1) establishing
the genetic potential of their
cattle, (2) selecting superior
breeding stock, and (3) planning
their cattle merchandising and
sales programs through a sound
performance reputation.
Since eartags will be available
only through cooperating
organizations, both BIF and
USDA are encouraging industry
organizations and associations to
particpate so that producers
across the nation will have access
to the program. The success of
this beef improvment tool will
depend upon the cooperation of
various involved segments of the
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