Posted by bison on June 05, 2014 at 11:44:11 from (69.168.144.135):
In Reply to: Wal mart steaks posted by Sourgum on June 05, 2014 at 11:19:32:
Beef in Canada is graded according to this criteria.
Beef Quality
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The Canadian Quality Grade
There are thirteen (13) beef grades in the Canadian system. They are Canada A, Canada AA, Canada AAA, Canada Prime, Canada B1, Canada B2, Canada B3, Canada B4, Canada D1, Canada D2, Canada D3, Canada D4, and Canada E. The four Canada A/AA/AAA/Prime grades are the highest quality Canadian grades and represented 88% of all graded beef in 2008. The four Canada B grades are for youthful carcasses (less than 30 months of age) which do not meet the minimum quality requirements of the Canada A/AA/AAA/Prime grades. They represented 1% of all beef carcasses graded in 2008. The four Canada D grades are essentially cow grades (from mature carcasses) and represented 10% of the total graded carcasses. The E grade is reserved for mature or youthful bull carcasses showing pronounced masculinity and represented 1% of the graded carcasses in 2008. A total of 15% of Canada’s total beef carcasses were not graded in 2008. It is important to note that since grading is voluntary, almost half of cow and bull carcasses tend not to be graded.
Quality Grade Criteria
The key grading criteria for the quality grades are carcass maturity, muscling, meat quality, external fat covering, and marbling. For maturity, carcasses are evaluated as either "youthful" or "mature" according to the degree of bone ossification. Youthful carcasses will have cartilaginous caps on the thoracic vertebrae that are no more than half ossified, and the lumbar vertebrae will show evidence of cartilage or at least as red line present on the tips. Youthful carcasses are produced from cattle generally less than 24 months of age and no more than 30 months of age. Carcasses showing more advanced ossification are considered to be mature and must be graded in one of the Canada D grades or as Canada E in the case of a bull.
In every grocery store and meat shop i have been in there's is a sign that says "CUT FROM CANADA GRADE A BEEF".(i say they are lying trough their toof)
Apparently 50 % the slaughtered beef is ungraded so IMO it is a crap shoot what grade of meat is actually being sold in any given store,..99% of people haven't a clue what good quality meat should look or taste like.[u:3377c46690][/u:3377c46690]
This post was edited by bison at 11:45:38 06/05/14.
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