This country is Canada's largest exporting market for Canadian Cattle and By-products.
What is the United States?
100
This is a casterated male bovine, raised for meat.
What is a steer?
100
This definition includes variety meats or organ meats and refers to the internal organs and entrails of a butchered animal.
What is offal?
100
This is an endangered species that lives on Canadas grasslands.
What is the burrowing owl or swift fox?
100
This is the temperature that foods are required to be safely chilled until they are ready to cook.
What is 4 degrees celcius?
200
Funds from this levy are used for research, marketing and promotion.
What is the National Check-Off?
200
An RFID tag stands for..
What is Radio Frequency Identification Device?
200
This percentage of Canadian beef animals are slaughtered before 2 years of age.
What is 85%?
200
This is an example of a greenhouse gas that is produced by the beef industry.
What is methane, Carbon Dioxide, or Nitrous Oxide?
200
Beef contains this many essential nutrients.
What is 14?
300
This is the total approx contribution of the beef industry (in billions) to the Canadain economy.
What is $34 Billion?
300
Bos Taurus cattle include this breed
What is angus, hereford, simmental, charolais?
300
This is the average herd size in Canada.
What is 63 head?
300
This is where grassland plants, shrubs and grasses sequester carbon.
What is roots?
300
Red meat, poultry, seafood and fish are the only sources of this type of iron.
What is HEME iron?
400
This non-profit, industry-led organization is dedicated to the implementation of technologies and services supporting Canada's national cattle identfication program.
What is the CCIA Canadian Cattle Identification Agency?
400
True or False? 99% of cattle arrive at their destination with no signs of injury or stress after transportation
What is TRUE?
400
Animals metabolize these prior to slaughter, resulting in these products having levels too low to have an effect on human health.
What are hormones?
400
This is an example of a method used by feedlots to protect surface water.
What is sloping pens and ditches?
400
According to Health guidelines, iron-rich foods are recommended to be introduced to children at this age.
What is 6 months of age?
500
Canadian Beef animals are required to be first tagged with an RFID (radio frequency identtification) tag when..
What is when leaving the herd of origin?
500
This is the average finsihed weight of feeder cattle.
What is 1350 lbs?
500
This governing body ensures that labelling of growth promotants, ionophores and other veterinary drugs include proper dosage and withdrawal times.
What is Health Canada?
500
This definition is a collaborative term used when referring to the species present on a specific area of grassland
What is a SWARD?
500
This is how many almonds someone would need to eat to equal the protein in 75g of cooked beef.