New Grade Standard
A special U.S. grade standard
that would better reflect the true
market value for many turkeys
used in making further processed
food items, such as boneless
roasts, has been proposed by the
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(USDA;.
Under present standards,
turkeys with high meat yield, but
having appearance defects, are
given lower consumer grades,
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sometimes resulting in the farm
er-producer failing to get a fair
market return for his product.
The new grade standard will
require the same high quality
meat, as well as a high meat
yield, but will allow appearance
defects that in no way affect the
use of turkeys for further
processing The yield of high
quality meat per bird is the key
factor used by manufacturers in
selecting turkeys for further
processing
Consumer grade standards for
turkeys are based on both ap
pearance and quality of the meat.
These standards will remain
unchanged.
The proposed special standard
will provide for one grade: US.
Grade A - For Further
Processing. The grade shield will
appear only on master shipping
containers, and not on individual
turkeys
Officials of USDA’s
Agricultural Marketing Service
(AMS), which administers the
grading service, noted that in
recent years the further
processing of turkeys has in
creased substantially Over half
of those slaughtered last year in
the U.S went into the
manufacture of such items as
rolls, roasts, fillets, and ground
turkey.
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proposal would amend the
consumer grade standards for
ducks to allow those of high
quality with missing wing por
tions to be classified as U S
Grade A Under the proposal,
ducks with wings torn in
processing, and removed at the
second joint, would still be
classified as Grade A
The yield of top quality meat
would not be appreciably af
fected since wings of water fowl
contain minimal meat
Provisions of this proposal
already apply to geese
Copies of the proposals, to be
published in the July 5 Federal
Register, will be available from
the Poultry Division,
Agricultural Marketing Service,
U S Department of Agriculture,
Washington, D C 20250.
Persons desiring to comment
on the proposals should send
written views in duplicate to the
Hearing Clerk, U S Department
of Agriculture, Washington, D C
20250, by August 6, 1973
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