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MSA beef

MSA beef is a tenderness guaranteed grading program. All MSA graded beef is labelled with a guaranteed grade and recommended cooking method to identify beef eating quality according to consumers.

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Integrity
All participants in the program are licensed to use the Trademark and certify products via an approved Quality Management System in accordance with the MSA Standards Manual.

Grading
MSA certified graders collate information from the producer, supervise processing standards and collect individual carcase attributes using a uniform set of standards.

Individual beef carcase attributes collected include breed content, meat colour, fat depth, marbling, maturity and ultimate pH. Results are allocated to the carcase including individual primal quality grades, days of ageing required and recommended cooking method.

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