Selection Care & Processing Meat Exam 1: Meat Industry

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Columbus brings sheep’s & cattle to West Indies

1519

Cortez took offspring to Mexico

1539

DeSoto brought pigs to Florida

1611

first cattle arrive in Virginia

1610

lord delaware brought cows,oxen & goats to english colonies

1639

British ships hogs to the colonies

1662

William Pynchon- nations first meat packer salted pork bellies in barrels

1742

Brighton Market, Boston-first public auction

original slaughter center of 8,00 head/week in 1842 when the railroad arrived

who was the first nations meat packer

William Pynchon

where was the first public auction slaughter center located

Brighton Market, in Boston

1773

Benjamin Franklin Proposed “more compassionate” slaughter method

what were the slaughter methods Benjamin franklin proposed

electrical stunning

Electrical stunning was adopted when

200 years later & claimed the electricity made the meat uncommonly tender

1812

War of 1812 uncle same

stemmed from pork or beef shipped to us soldier during the war, barrels were stamped with US & the name of the meat packer Sam Wilsion

1852-1865

railroad reached Chicago

1860

livestock values reaches billon dollars

1867

1st shipment of frozen beef & refrigerated rail car

1900

first college meats facility at the university of minesota

who was the first college meats facility

University of Minnesota

1916

Meats Quality Grades founded

1927

Federal Meat Grading Service started

1900 is know as the

decade of food safety legislation & implementing inventions

1904

Upton Sinclair wrote the jungle

The jungle cause what to occur

prompted meat inspection leglislation

1906 what act passed

meat inspection act passed

1980

red meat took hits from consumer activist

health factors: cholesterol, eggs

1990

Organic Foods production Act

1993

Jack in the Box E.coli outbreak

1993

US beef exports exceed imports for the first time in history

1996

BSE shatters beef industry in the U.K

1998-1999

top 4 packers emerge

Who are the top 4 packers

Excel, IBP, ConAgra, National Beef

2010-2013

southern united states & mexico drought

Fed animals meat value is determined by

quantitiy (weight yields) and quality ( maturuity,marbling)

true of faulse fed meat animals having higher quality carcasses will be more valuable

true

fed meat animals are

young animals managed and fed for meat production

non fed animals are

mature animals harvested for meat after they are no longer productive for a specfic purpose (breeding, work, milk etc)

Non-fed meat animals value is determined by

quantality (weight yield)

who is the largest cattle feeding industry & producer of beef for domestic & export use

America

America is the ____ largest producer & consumer of pork & Pork products

third largest

Hogs are produced in 3 types of specialize enterpirses called

vertical integration, farrow to finish and feeder pig producers

Vertical Integration is

the strategy that allows a company to mainstream by taking direct ownership of various stages of production

who is the worlds largest producer & second largest exporter of poultry meat & major egg producer

The U.S for poultry

sheep are raised for

meat & wool

The three distinct processes are used in the meat industry

slaughter, carcass fabrication and further processing

Slaughter is refer to the period as the conversion of muscle to meat

steps followed from the time &

Fabrication

process of taking a carcass & breaking it into smaller components & more useful end products for consumers

Types of fabrication

primal & subprimal, wholseale, retail, trim

minimal process

grinding, chopping mixing

further processing

smoking cooking & curing

What are the top 4 beef meat packers

Tyson, JBS SWIFT, National Beef, Cargill