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Issues Related to Beef Traceability: A Discussion of Transforming Cattle into Products

Issues Related to Beef Traceability: A Discussion of Transforming Cattle into Products. Prepared by: James G. Robb, Erica L. Rosa, and A.E. Lawrence Livestock Marketing Information Center Lakewood, Colorado Email: robb@lmic.info & rosa@lmic.info.

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Issues Related to Beef Traceability: A Discussion of Transforming Cattle into Products

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  1. Issues Related to Beef Traceability: A Discussion of Transforming Cattle into Products Prepared by: James G. Robb, Erica L. Rosa, and A.E. Lawrence Livestock Marketing Information Center Lakewood, Colorado Email: robb@lmic.info & rosa@lmic.info Western Center for Risk Management Education Western Extension Marketing Committee

  2. The Industry Has Changed • Not A Carcass Based Industry • U.S. Packing Plants are: • High capacity/volume • Transport products long distances • Low cost/high volume business • Relatively concentrated (firms and geography) • Produces high quality safe products

  3. The Production Process • Disassembly Process • Beef carcass transformed into boxes of cuts • Four Major Stages are: • Slaughter or harvest • Cooler • Fabrication • Holding cooler and shipping

  4. Stage 1 Packer Operations Slaughter or Harvest Animal processed into carcass; hides removed, etc. Feedlot Cattle are sorted according to various specifications i.e. breed, degree of finish, live weight

  5. Stage 2 Carcasses are sorted and assigned into batches Cooler

  6. Stage 3 Batches are broken down into primals, sub-primals and cuts; products are boxed Fabrication Floor

  7. Stage 4 Boxes are sorted then stored or transported by refrigerated truck Holding Cooler And Shipping

  8. Stage 4 (continued) Holding Cooler And Shipping Retailer and/or Foodservice

  9. Traceability Challenge • Forward and Backward Traceability and Identification Possible • Animal/Carcass • Specialized (non-commodity) programs • Electronic systems • Box of beef cuts • Normal production • Food safety recall purposes, i.e. E. coli O157:H7

  10. Traceability Challenge • Group (lot) Traceability vs. Individual Animal ID • BSE requirements, i.e. BEV, SRMs • Understanding the Fabrication Stage • Not a linear process • Becomes a function of time or batch • Animal ID disconnection • Beef trimmings

  11. Traceability Challenge • NAIS is “Live Animal Traceback” • Beyond live animal or whole carcass ID is not discussed or required • Linear Traceability • Disconnection between carcass and beef products • New ID methods are costly, complicated and not full proof • “Trolley Tracking System”, DNA testing

  12. Further Challenges • Byproducts/Offal • Segregated prior to carcass id • Other items (fat, bones) commingled during process • Traceability to end product practically impossible • Ground Beef/Hamburger • Batch = several combos of trimmings

  13. Summary • Not A Carcass Based Industry • Disassembly Process • Nonlinear Flow at Fabrication • NAIS is a “Live Animal” ID System Only • Existence of Economic Incentives will be a Key to Implementing Farm-to-Fork Traceability

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