Beef Quality Assurance UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
- 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - Beef quality assurance
- *beef safety assurance program*
- residue avoidance program
- early focus on injection site blemishes
- voluntary industry standards
- BQA programs customized by state - CORRECT ANSWER - History of BQA
- wholesome and safe
- means providing a product to the consumer that delivers a desirable eating experience -
CORRECT ANSWER - What does QUALITY mean in BQA?
- 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - What is the BQA mission?
- care and husbandry
- feedstuffs (including feed additives and medications)
- injectable animal health products
- processing, treatment and record-keeping - CORRECT ANSWER - What does BQA
focus on?
, - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - Care and husbandry
practices
- *must keep records for MINIMUM of 3 YEARS* or longer by laws and regulations -
CORRECT ANSWER - What is the key with record keeping?
- aka personal space
- aka point of balance
- not same for all cattle
- used to MOVE cattle - CORRECT ANSWER - Flight zone
- 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 - CORRECT
ANSWER - Feedstuffs
- store and handle to PREVENT contamination of feeds and to ensure safety of beef and milk
products produced
- decrease moisture, birds and rodents
- clean areas
- use clean equipment - CORRECT ANSWER - Feed storage and handling
Questions and CORRECT Answers
- 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - Beef quality assurance
- *beef safety assurance program*
- residue avoidance program
- early focus on injection site blemishes
- voluntary industry standards
- BQA programs customized by state - CORRECT ANSWER - History of BQA
- wholesome and safe
- means providing a product to the consumer that delivers a desirable eating experience -
CORRECT ANSWER - What does QUALITY mean in BQA?
- 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - What is the BQA mission?
- care and husbandry
- feedstuffs (including feed additives and medications)
- injectable animal health products
- processing, treatment and record-keeping - CORRECT ANSWER - What does BQA
focus on?
, - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - Care and husbandry
practices
- *must keep records for MINIMUM of 3 YEARS* or longer by laws and regulations -
CORRECT ANSWER - What is the key with record keeping?
- aka personal space
- aka point of balance
- not same for all cattle
- used to MOVE cattle - CORRECT ANSWER - Flight zone
- 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 - CORRECT
ANSWER - Feedstuffs
- store and handle to PREVENT contamination of feeds and to ensure safety of beef and milk
products produced
- decrease moisture, birds and rodents
- clean areas
- use clean equipment - CORRECT ANSWER - Feed storage and handling
