BQA CERTIFICATION EVALUATION
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS PREMIUM
REVIEW MATERIAL
●● Supported by
Answer: Virginia Tech Cooperative Extension & Virginia Beef Industry
Council
●● Introduction
Answer: Assuring consumers beef producers care about the product
Promise they will observe principles of BQA
Assures Safe Consumer Consumption
●● Wholesale "cuts"
Answer: Beef Checkoff- Provides tools and training to producers
Pre-harvest Management Program - ensuring safe products
Maximizes consumer confidence through science, research and
education
●● What is BQA
Answer: Beef Quality Assurance
Established in 1987 by the Beef Checkoff
,Protects consumer confidence in beef safety and quality
Provides cattle producers with the necessary tools and training to assure
animal health and well being
Provides a safe, quality product to the consumers
Based on national guidelines and scientific research
More than 90% of U.S. Cattle management is influenced by the Beef
Quality Assurance program
●● The Mid Atlantic BQA Alliance
Answer: Unified effort made by the BQA program along the east coast
in the following states:
Maine
Maryland
Vermont
New Jersey
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Virginia
●● The Mid Atlantic BQA Alliance provides
Answer: Production standards
Training standards
(for the different cattle producers within the different states)
, ●● Why is Beef Quality Assurance important
Answer: Guarantees safe consumer consumption
Helps to prevent drug residues, injection-site blemishes, & bruises
Maximizes marketability of dairy & beef cattle
●● Why is BQA necessary
Answer: Reduces concerns over food wholesomeness
Able to identify potential problem areas to avoid product defects
Eliminates close to all challenges in the production in beef
●● BQA is important for 2 reasons
Answer: 1. Positively affects consumer confidence
2. Meets industry quality challenges
●● Consumer Confidence
Answer: Misinformation should not define a beef producer
●● Combating Misinformation
Answer: Consumer confidence in beef can significantly affect consumer
eating habits, which impacts the future of the industry.
The 2000 National Beef Quality Audit showed that the industry lost an
average of $100 for every fed steer/heifer marketed.
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS PREMIUM
REVIEW MATERIAL
●● Supported by
Answer: Virginia Tech Cooperative Extension & Virginia Beef Industry
Council
●● Introduction
Answer: Assuring consumers beef producers care about the product
Promise they will observe principles of BQA
Assures Safe Consumer Consumption
●● Wholesale "cuts"
Answer: Beef Checkoff- Provides tools and training to producers
Pre-harvest Management Program - ensuring safe products
Maximizes consumer confidence through science, research and
education
●● What is BQA
Answer: Beef Quality Assurance
Established in 1987 by the Beef Checkoff
,Protects consumer confidence in beef safety and quality
Provides cattle producers with the necessary tools and training to assure
animal health and well being
Provides a safe, quality product to the consumers
Based on national guidelines and scientific research
More than 90% of U.S. Cattle management is influenced by the Beef
Quality Assurance program
●● The Mid Atlantic BQA Alliance
Answer: Unified effort made by the BQA program along the east coast
in the following states:
Maine
Maryland
Vermont
New Jersey
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Virginia
●● The Mid Atlantic BQA Alliance provides
Answer: Production standards
Training standards
(for the different cattle producers within the different states)
, ●● Why is Beef Quality Assurance important
Answer: Guarantees safe consumer consumption
Helps to prevent drug residues, injection-site blemishes, & bruises
Maximizes marketability of dairy & beef cattle
●● Why is BQA necessary
Answer: Reduces concerns over food wholesomeness
Able to identify potential problem areas to avoid product defects
Eliminates close to all challenges in the production in beef
●● BQA is important for 2 reasons
Answer: 1. Positively affects consumer confidence
2. Meets industry quality challenges
●● Consumer Confidence
Answer: Misinformation should not define a beef producer
●● Combating Misinformation
Answer: Consumer confidence in beef can significantly affect consumer
eating habits, which impacts the future of the industry.
The 2000 National Beef Quality Audit showed that the industry lost an
average of $100 for every fed steer/heifer marketed.
