Dr. Dee Griffin presents a recent Beef Quality Assurance webinar highlighting the focus of the program on consumer needs.

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BQA Key Mission => EDUCATION
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• Grew from its 1980 start as a Beef Safety
Assurance Program (residue avoidance) in
five states to a national education program
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• First Quality Audit in 1991 pointed to
injection sites & “Defect Avoidance ”
Defect
education became key …
• Information applied with common sense.
• Basic BQA points still sound
sound.
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Quality Assurance Programs (QA)
designed by producers & food industry affiliates
To Provide … production management education
Targets defect prevention … emphasis is SAFETY
Chemical,
Chemical Physical & Biological safety defects/hazards
BQA points
Care Husbandry, Feeds Additives, H lth Products, Records
C & H b d F d & Additi Health P d t R d
still the basis for the National Guidelines BMPs
Consumers Confidence in Quality & Safety
QA Programs are NOT Government Programs
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Consumer Trust .
is built upon .
Producer Integrity + BQA Competency .
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BQA National Guidelines
• Foundation of the BQA
Guidelines is to minimize defects
– Chemical
– Physical
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– Microbiologic
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covered in the guidelines is
secondary to providing a safe
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BQA National Guidelines (continued)
• Build a simple foundation by
following:
– Good husbandry practices
– FDA USDA and EPA
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requirements for product use
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demands, government laws,
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producer leadership
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BQA Guidelines
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1. Care and Husbandry Practices
2. Feedstuffs … contamination free
3. Feed Additives/Medications … follow rules
4. Health Product Use: Vacc., Med. & Pest
5. Records: Keep’em & Check’em … SOP/BMP
6. Management Outliers …
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BQA Basics
• Recruit your BQA Team
• Employees, Family, Suppliers, Specialists
• Take a look at what could go wrong
• Figure out a plan to avoid problems
• Train and educate yourself and your employees and family
• Develop checklists and complete records
• Document and double check what
you have implemented
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What am I responsible for?
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• Doing your best to follow BQA guidelines
for those activities for which you control
• People doctoring cattle are not
responsible for the feeding
unless they are ones doing
the feeding and formulation
of the ration
• People feeding the cattle are
not responsible f the
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doctoring unless they are also
the ones doing the doctoring
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Things to remember - it’s a safety p g
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• BQA is a safety program that targets potential food
safety concerns … residues broken needles etc
residues, needles, etc.
• NEVER jjeopardize YOUR safety, th safety of OTHERS
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working around an animal, or the safety of an ANIMAL
trying to follow BQA guidelines
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BQA Feedyard Assessment
• Developed by Cattle Well-
being experts, Veterinarians,
Academics, and Producers
• Founded on being Credible
Credible,
Workable, and Affordable
• Total Quality Management
including all aspects of BQA
with a strong Care and
Husbandry evaluation
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Nobody cares more about cattle than the
people in the beef/dairy industries
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Nobody cares more about cattle than the
people in the beef/dairy industries
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Nobody cares more about cattle than the
people in the beef/dairy industries
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The problem in 1991.
Research was the basis for change
… Define the damage & origination variables:
5 ml 7-Way @ Branding
7 Way
(50 day old - 400 days later)
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Lesions from IM Injections
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the eye of round from three inches deep
IM injection
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Tented SQ Technique
SQ When
Possible !
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But …
a new problem appeared when
Chuck Roll Steaks are placed in
“Modified Atmosphere” packaging
A new problem appeared when )
(80% OOxygen)
Chuck Roll Steaks are placed
in “Modified Atmosphere
Modified Atmosphere”
packaging (80% Oxygen)
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Look at what together you have done.
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Top Butt Injection Site Lesions
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“Learning through Doing ”
Learning
• BQA has Value through
Certification & Conceptually
– Mainstream producers
share BQA concepts
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with llate adopters
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– Concepts learned & applied
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BQA and Modern Marketing
• Feeder Cattle • BQA is a big p of the
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Marketing Evolution “Pie of Value”
– Genetics • Each tool contributes
– Management • Fits producers of all
• Nutrition sizes
• Herd Heath
• BQA Principles
• Records
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BQA and Modern Marketing
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Producers Marketing Al
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ON LINE Training
Is Now Available
http://www.AnimalCareTraining.Org
785-532-
785-532-4844
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Questions?
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