The quality assurance team of Wendall Landis, BOA certification director; Dr. Bill
Henning, Penn State extension meats specialist; Dr. Harold Harpster, Penn State rumi
nant nutritionist; and Dr. John Comerford, Penn State extension beef specialist, pro
vided the classroom segment of quality assurance program during the cattle feeder’s
day.
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Cattle Feeder’s Day
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Jordan reports no more than 75
pounds variance in a whole
group.
“Feeders get better cattle at
the end if they start better at tfie
front,” he said.
Guidelines include, among
other requirements, 45 days of
weaning, a four-way virus and
other vaccines, and deworming
at weaning.
Recommended nutrition is a
high-quality, energy ration the
first three-to-five days, then the
calves should be hand-fed on
grass, given free choice salt and
minerals, and have a clean, ade
quate water supply “condi
tioned but not too fat,” said
Jordan. The calves, then, are
ready to perform at the feedlot
after the sale.
Beef Quality
Assurance (BQA) Program
After receiving funding in Oc
tober from the Pennsylvania De
partment of Agriculture, the
Pennsylvania Beef Quality As
surance program is now “what’s
on the horizon,” according to
Wendall Landis, program direc
tor. Goals of the program in
clude increasing carcass quality
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by lowering residues, defects,
and pathogen contamination.
“Beef quality assurance is
everyone’s job,” said Landis.
Training sessions will be con
ducted from February through
May, with point-of-purchase
surveys for consumers in May
and June. Producers will com
plete a two-part training in
cluded a classroom and hands
on, chute-side training, besides a
recertification every two years.
Dr. Bill Henning, Penn State
extension meats specialist, ad
dressed “Food Safety Measures
at Packing Plants.”
Last year there were 33 mil
lion cases of foodborne illnesses,
said Henning, and 9,000 deaths.
Approximately 10,000-20,000
cases of e.coli, found in ground
beef, lettuce, sprouts, or apple
cider, occur yearly. E.coli is
found in 2-4 percent of cattle,
and 2S percent of America’s
feedyards.
USDA requirements control
biological, physical, and chemi
cal hazards with the Hazard
Analysis Critical Control Point
(HACCP) program.
A muscle, said Henning, is
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