Meat
Poultry
Eggs
Vocab
Grading
100

What is leaner, grass fed or grain fed beef

grass Fed

100

What are primary concerns in the poultry industry

apperance, texture, and flavor

100

on average, many eggs do each chicken lay a year 

250 to 300

100

The process of becoming old or older

What is aging

100

The lowest grade of meat

what is canner

200

If the carcass is chilled too rapidly, the result is…

cold shortening and subsequent toughness

200
approximately what percent of all carcasses processed in the US are downgraded

29%

200

True or false, the color of an egg shell and the yolk effect the quality of the egg

false

200

Drawing out moisture and altering its properties

What is curing

200

AMS stands for…

what is agriculture and marketing service
300

meat including processed meats are an excellent source of what

iron

300

What percent of turkeys produced as parts

14%

300

This hen dominates today’s egg industry

what is the white leghorn

300

Dark red spots that occor when red blood cells leak from blood cells into surrounding muscle

What is a blood spot

300

They authorized meat inspection

what is AMS

400

What does fat contribute to in meat

product juiciness, tenderness, and flavor

400

What age are turkey hens marketed

between 14 and 16 weeks of age

400

How many laying birds are there in the united states

235 million

400

The protein responsible for the red color in meat

What is myoglobin

400

SList 4 quality grades for beef carcasses

what are prime, choice, good, standard, commercial, utility, cutter, and canner

500
what are livestock marketing and prices affected by

weather, feed prices, federal import policies, and consumer demands

500

What room temperature do young chickens require in the first week of life

About 87 degrees F.

500

There’s are the ropy strands of egg white that anchor the yolk in place in the center of the thick white

what is the chalaza

500

a loss of muscle extensibility making the conversion of muscle to meat.

what is rigor mortis
500

carcasses below what grade are rarely stamped with their grade because they were thought to be less palatable

what is choice