Non-Hormone Beef

[Anonymous]

USDA must be admitting that hormone fed cattle are bad for you- since we know they don't do anything unless it is founded by "sound science"... Right MRJ :wink:



Today 3/22/2006 1:10:00 PM


USDA: The Non-Hormone Treated Cattle (NHTC) Program

The Non-Hormone Treated Cattle (NHTC) program has been in effect since 1989, when the European Union (EU) and the U.S. agreed to control measures to facilitate the trade of non-hormone treated bovine meat.

There are three principal components of this program:



--Cattle are to be grown in approved farms/feedlots and delivered to the slaughter establishment with an affidavit from the grower attesting to their non-hormone treated condition.



--Non-Hormone treated cattle and beef are segregated at the slaughter establishment and handled in a fashion that ensures that they are not commingled with other animals or meat.



--Tissue samples from non-hormone treated cattle are collected at slaughter and analyzed in order for FSIS to provide export certification for this product.





In order for Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) to provide export certification for this product, there must be verification that there are effective controls in all phases of production in growing the animal, as well as the slaughter establishment. Compliance with the requirements of the live animal production must be verified by Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) auditors.

Main components of the live animal Farm/Ranch/Feedlot section of the program include written procedures, positive animal identification, product controls, an education program, producer affidavits, internal audits, and record keeping procedures. Any origin premise, farm, ranch or feedlot interested in producing animals for slaughter and subsequent shipment to EU must have their control system approved in advance. Each system must comply with the program requirements for traceability and identification. The documented system will be audited by USDA, AMS, Livestock and Seed Program to assure compliance with these conditions.

 

[PORKER]

Yup , www.ScoringAg.com does it all and does it in any country . The Database include the verified procedures, positive animal identification, product controls, producer affidavits, internal audits, and feed and medical record keeping procedures with real time data entry proof. Any origin premise, farm, ranch or feedlot interested in producing animals for slaughter and subsequent shipment to EU must have their control system approved in advance. Each system must comply with the program requirements for traceability and identification from the pasture to the plate.

 

[bse-tester]

One of the groups I am working with up here is telling their members that any and all of the beef sent to the cooperative slaughthouse must be hormone free or the member may risk being kicked out of the coop.

We will be testing for hormones also at the same time as we conduct the BSE tests. The European and Asian markets are practically demanding it.

 

[PORKER]

Send me BSE tester ,a private message,I would like to help you out.

 

[mrj]

One of the groups I am working with up here is telling their members that any and all of the beef sent to the cooperative slaughthouse must be hormone free or the member may risk being kicked out of the coop.

We will be testing for hormones also at the same time as we conduct the BSE tests. The European and Asian markets are practically demanding it.

How do your tests differentiate between naturally occuring and introduced hormones in the beef?

Isn't it fact that some feeds, even those not containing hormones, will raise or lower the natural hormones in the beef?

It would be great if a test could tell the difference reliably. Are there such tests available and what do they cost? Can anyone do the testing?

MRJ

MRJ