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4-H Meat Judging Resources
American Meat Science Association (AMSA)
111 North Dunlap Avenue
Savoy, IL 61874
Phone: 217-356-3182
Fax: 217-398-4119
Note: Can order materials online
"Guide to Identifying Meat Cuts"
($3.00 shipping included) The pocket-sized guide is a handy reference for consumers, students, and meat science professionals. It includes photos, descriptions, and cooking guidelines for over 200 cuts of beef, pork, lamb, and veal.
Meat Evaluation Handbook
($71.00 shipping included) Revised in 2000. For years, this handbook has served as the primary text for training meat science professionals in the area of fresh meat evaluation. Now in a revised and expanded edition, this handbook is the industry standard guide for fresh meat grading and selection.
National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA)
P.O. Box 670
Bloomington, IL 60108
Phone: 800-368-3138
Fax: 800-368-3136
Marbling Photos (#06-901)--$19.50
(“Beef Made Easy”) Beef Retail Cut Chart: Wall Size (#10-501) - - $2.50
(“Beef Made Easy”) Beef Retail Cut: Notebook Size (#10-502) - - $6.50/100
"Guide to Identifying Meat Cuts" (#06-202)--$2.60
53 pages. Includes information on retail cut identification (color photos of cuts), meat labeling, meat safety, and meat cookery. Also available from AMSA (above) and National Pork Board (#04362 - - $2.00 each).
Meat Identification Slide Set (All species - 186 slides - updated 1999)--$75.00
CD Rom--$75.00
Slides (#06-601)--$75.00
CD Rom (#06-600)--$75.00
National Pork Board
P.O. Box 9113
Des Moines, IA 50306
Phone: 515-223-2621 (Attn: Nancy Newman)
Fax: 515-223-2646
Pork Retail Cut Chart: Wall Size (NPPC-03341)--$0.60 each
Notebook (NPPC-03342)--$0.10 each
NPPC Pork Quality Standards (texture, color, marbling -- new version available in 1999)
8 1/2 x 11" Notebook Size -- $1.00 each
25x35" Wall Poster -- $5.00 each
Laminated cards (each standard) in a vinyl pouch--$32.50
University of Illinois - Information Technology & Communication Services
1917 S. Wright Street
Champaign, IL 61820
Phone: 800-354-6087
Meat Judging and Grading Booklet (40 pages -- #J180F) -- $4.00
Retail Meat Identification Flash Card Set (126 color photos -- #X180B) -- $75.00
Retail Beef Cut Identification (67 photos -- #PCD109) -- $75.00
(Beef CD with wholesale and retail names on each photo -- #PCDlllL) -- $75.00
Flashcards and CD set -- $120.00
Retail Pork and Lamb Cut Identification (75 photos -- #PCD110) -- $75.00
(Pork/lamb CD with wholesale and retail names on each photo -- #PCD1126) -- $75.00
University of Nebraska Animal Science
Meat Judging Videos
CEV Multimedia lists 40 video tapes on carcass and wholesale cut judging, beef grading, and retail cut identification. Costs range from $49 to $79 per video. For a current listing of meat evaluation products go to: www.cevmultimedia.com
CE Multimedia
P.O. Box 65265
Lubbock, TX 79464
Phone: 800-922-9965
Fax: 800-243-6398
6b. The Meat Science Laboratory holds a number of CEV videos, and will loan them out. (Call Laura Trumble to reserve tapes for a 10 day period - 608-262-0463)
Loin Eye Grids
AS 0234E - Plastic Grid for Quick Measurement of Loin Eye (Beef) with envelope
AS0235E - Plastic Grid for Quick Measurement of Loin Eye (Pork and Lamb) with envelope
These loin grids are available through the Iowa State University Extension. Please visit their Extension Online Store at http://www.extension.iastate.edu/store
Backfat/Grading Rulers (stainless steel)
Nasco
901 Janesville Avenue
Fort Atkinson, WI 53538
Phone: 920-563-2446
- Beef USDA yield grade ruler (preliminary yield grade/inches), P4G/inches (#CO2615) - $2.05 each
- Pork backfat ruler, inches (#COO155) - $2.00 each
- Lamb yield grade ruler, inches (#C16281) - $1.24 each