Kato. read andybob's posts...segregating and monitoring can pay producers premiums...and that's better than free!!!!!

If Canadian beef is as good as you Canadians believe it is, COOL is tailor-made for you...if you are willing to do the work to take advantage of it.

The only USDA certified guaranteed tender beef program(that I know of) requires Brahma influence. It's foolish to believe that only breed or fat content governs tenderness.