BEEF QUALITY ASSURANCE EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Beef quality assurance - ANS - ensures quality meat
- leads to positive eating experience for the consumer
- ensures quality from conception to consumption
- process of figuring out what could go wrong, planning to avoid it and then validating and
documenting what you have done
History of BQA - ANS - *beef safety assurance program*
- residue avoidance program
- early focus on injection site blemishes
- voluntary industry standards
- BQA programs customized by state
What does QUALITY mean in BQA? - ANS - wholesome and safe
- means providing a product to the consumer that delivers a desirable eating experience
What is the BQA mission? - ANS - to maximize consumer confidence and acceptance of beef
by focusing the producers' attention to daily production practices that influence safety,
wholesomeness and quality of beef and beef products
What does BQA focus on? - ANS - care and husbandry
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- feedstuffs (including feed additives and medications)
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, - injectable animal health products
- processing, treatment and record-keeping
Care and husbandry practices - ANS - handle and transport in way to minimize stress, injury
and bruising
- inspect facilities to ensure proper care and husbandry
- keep feed and water handling equipment clean
- provide appropriate nutritional and feedstuff management
- maintain environment appropriate to production setting
- evaluating and enforcing biosecurity
What is the key with record keeping? - ANS - *must keep records for MINIMUM of 3 YEARS*
or longer by laws and regulations
Flight zone - ANS - aka personal space
- aka point of balance
- not same for all cattle
- used to MOVE cattle
Feedstuffs - ANS - maintain records of pesticides on pasture or crops
- create quality control program for incoming feedstuffs
- analyze suspect feedstuffs prior to use
- do not feed ruminant-derived protein sources per FDA
- support feeding of byproduct or coproduct ingredients with sound science
Feed storage and handling - ANS - store and handle to PREVENT contamination of feeds and
to ensure safety of beef and milk products produced
- decrease moisture, birds and rodents
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- clean areas
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Beef quality assurance - ANS - ensures quality meat
- leads to positive eating experience for the consumer
- ensures quality from conception to consumption
- process of figuring out what could go wrong, planning to avoid it and then validating and
documenting what you have done
History of BQA - ANS - *beef safety assurance program*
- residue avoidance program
- early focus on injection site blemishes
- voluntary industry standards
- BQA programs customized by state
What does QUALITY mean in BQA? - ANS - wholesome and safe
- means providing a product to the consumer that delivers a desirable eating experience
What is the BQA mission? - ANS - to maximize consumer confidence and acceptance of beef
by focusing the producers' attention to daily production practices that influence safety,
wholesomeness and quality of beef and beef products
What does BQA focus on? - ANS - care and husbandry
1Page
- feedstuffs (including feed additives and medications)
@COPYRIGHT FYNDLAY 2025/2026
, - injectable animal health products
- processing, treatment and record-keeping
Care and husbandry practices - ANS - handle and transport in way to minimize stress, injury
and bruising
- inspect facilities to ensure proper care and husbandry
- keep feed and water handling equipment clean
- provide appropriate nutritional and feedstuff management
- maintain environment appropriate to production setting
- evaluating and enforcing biosecurity
What is the key with record keeping? - ANS - *must keep records for MINIMUM of 3 YEARS*
or longer by laws and regulations
Flight zone - ANS - aka personal space
- aka point of balance
- not same for all cattle
- used to MOVE cattle
Feedstuffs - ANS - maintain records of pesticides on pasture or crops
- create quality control program for incoming feedstuffs
- analyze suspect feedstuffs prior to use
- do not feed ruminant-derived protein sources per FDA
- support feeding of byproduct or coproduct ingredients with sound science
Feed storage and handling - ANS - store and handle to PREVENT contamination of feeds and
to ensure safety of beef and milk products produced
- decrease moisture, birds and rodents
2
Page
- clean areas
@COPYRIGHT FYNDLAY 2025/2026
