Products Flashcards
What is the texture of the meat further from the ground
Tender
What animals do red meats primarily come from
Cattle
Swine
Sheep
Goats
Age of red meat for beef
Greater than a year
Age of red meat for veal
Less than 3 months
Age of red meat for mutton
Greater than 2 years
Age of red meat for lamb
Less than 2 years
What is the dressing percentage
Carcass weight/ live weight
True or False: red meat was originally shipped as a whole carcass
True
What are red meat products shipped as now
Boxed beef
Pork
Lamb
What is the most tender muscle on a cow
Tenderloin
What act is most meat in the US produced under
Humane Slaughter Act of 1978
What had congress originally passed in 1958
The Humane Slaughter Act
What is the humane slaughter act
Kosher and Halal slaughter can be performed humanely
Who is Kosher slaughter performed by?
Shochet
What does the processing of kosher meat look like?
Certain veins and arteries must be carefully removed as well as the sciatic nerve . The meat is soaked, salted, and rinsed following a strict time schedule
What does the kosher dietary laws address(5)
Ruminants with split hooves that chew their cud
Domestic birds and fish with fins and removable scales
Prohibition of blood
Prohibition of the mixing of meat and milk
Swine and fish with skin(catfish)
Major components of meat
Lean
Fat
Bone
True or False: proportions change from birth till slaughter
True