Fi4-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 5,1991
Md.
Increases Ag Exports
ANNAPOLIS, Md. Mary
land Secretary of Agriculture
Wayne A. Cawley, Jr. announced
agreements to send Maryland
Certified
Angus
Beef
Contest
Begins
ST. JOSEPH, Mo.
A 1991 Gold Medal has
been awarded to Certi
fied Angus Beef by
Chefs In America, a
national organization of
chefs headquartered in
San Francisco,
C "fomia.
“This marks the sec
ond consecutive year
that Certified Angus
Beef (CAB) has
received a gold medal
in this nationwide food
competition,” said
Louis “Mick” Colvin,
executive director of the
American Angus Asso
ciation’s Certified
Angus Beef Program.
The 1991 award was for
the CAB Denuded
(closely trimmed) Ten
derloin, Colvin said.
The award came after
detailed judging by 100
of the top ranked chefs
in the nation, according
to Harvey Bernstein,
vice president of Chefs
In America. “The pro
ducts were judged on
the basis of freshness,
appearance, aroma, fla
vor, and overall qual
ity,” Bernstein said. A
good product must be
nominated to be eligible
for the competition.
Gold medal winners
will be listed in various
Chefs In America publi
cations, including
“Chef’s Source Book,”
“Food & Beverage
Price Guide,” “Ameri
can Chef’s Registry,”
and “Directory of Gold
Medal Winners.”
The Certified Angus
Beef Program was
established in 1978 by
the American Angus
Association. Only
Angus and Angus-type
crossbred cattle slaugh
tered at licensed certi
fied Angus beef plants
are eligible for Certified
Angus beef carcass eva
luation, conducted by
the USDA grading ser
vice. Only the beef
which meets the prog
ram’s high quality car
cass specifications is
labeled with the Certi
fied Angus Beef trade
mark. TTie CAB identi
fication is then main
tained right on to the
consuming public.
Sales of CAB worl
dwide last year were 85
million pounds, making
it the largest branded
beef program in . the
world. Today some 1.7
percent of all finished
cattle in the United
agricultural products to Trinidad
and Tobago.
“Our international marketing
efforts are really paying off and
what we’ve accomplished in the
last couple of days is truly out
standing. I think it’s the beginning
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of bigger things,” Cawley said.
“In January, we will be ship
ping 40,000 pounds of com and
livestock feed and there is strong
potential for these shipments to
become monthly. In addition, we
are sending Trinidad 300 dairy
FIATAGRI
heifers and 100 units of frozen
semen for beef cattle,” said
Cawley.
The exports to Trinidad are all
part of Governor William Donald
Schaefer’s marketing effort to sell
Maryland agricultural products all
around the world.
“According to our marketing
specialist in Trinidad, business is
brisk. The government of Trinidad
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Hesston Corporation, a Member of toe FtAT Group
has just freed up the market so Tri
nidad importers may import all
kinds of products for the first time
in 10 years,” Cawley said.
Since 1987, with Governor
Schaefer’s support, the Maryland
Department of Agriculture has
increased its international market
ing efforts in order to open up
more opportunities for Maryland
agricultural businesses.
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