Beef Quality Assurance Exam Questions
and Answers
Beef quality assurance - Correct Answers -- ensures quality meat
- leads to positive eating experience for the consumer
- ensures quality from conception to consumption
- process of figuring out what could go wrong, planning to avoid it and then validating
and documenting what you have done
History of BQA - Correct Answers -- *beef safety assurance program*
- residue avoidance program
- early focus on injection site blemishes
- voluntary industry standards
- BQA programs customized by state
What does QUALITY mean in BQA? - Correct Answers -- wholesome and safe
- means providing a product to the consumer that delivers a desirable eating experience
What is the BQA mission? - Correct Answers -- to maximize consumer confidence and
acceptance of beef by focusing the producers' attention to daily production practices
that influence safety, wholesomeness and quality of beef and beef products
What does BQA focus on? - Correct Answers -- care and husbandry
- feedstuffs (including feed additives and medications)
- injectable animal health products
- processing, treatment and record-keeping
Care and husbandry practices - Correct Answers -- handle and transport in way to
minimize stress, injury and bruising
- inspect facilities to ensure proper care and husbandry
- keep feed and water handling equipment clean
- provide appropriate nutritional and feedstuff management
- maintain environment appropriate to production setting
- evaluating and enforcing biosecurity
What is the key with record keeping? - Correct Answers -- *must keep records for
MINIMUM of 2 YEARS* or longer by laws and regulations
What is appropriate temperature for vaccine storage? - Correct Answers -- *35 to 45
degrees F*
, Cattle transport and BQA - Correct Answers -- loading/unloading = low stress and avoid
injury
- equipment selection = truck and trailer, floor space, use proper facilities for loading
cattle, gates
- stock trailer maintenance = clean floor with traction, tires, wheels, wires and lights and
brakes
Transporting cattle - Correct Answers -- allow adequate room
- transport during cooler parts of day
- avoid sudden starts and stops or sharp turns
- plan ahead to minimize time on trailer
Cattle behavior - Correct Answers -- need to teach cows HOW to behave
- need to anticipate how a cow is going to think and act
- separate cows from calves for processing
How to think like a cow - Correct Answers -- see like the cow = eliminate shadows that
prevent cattle from entering an area; cattle move towards LIGHT
- minimize loud noises
- understand FLIGHT ZONE
- natural tendencies = more efficient to move as a group; creatures of habit
Flight zone - Correct Answers -- aka personal space
- aka point of balance
- not same for all cattle
- used to MOVE cattle
Feedstuffs - Correct Answers -- maintain records of pesticides on pasture or crops
- create quality control program for incoming feedstuffs
- analyze suspect feedstuffs prior to use
- do not feed ruminant-derived protein sources per FDA
- support feeding of byproduct or coproduct ingredients with sound science
Feed storage and handling - Correct Answers -- store and handle to PREVENT
contamination of feeds and to ensure safety of beef and milk products produced
- decrease moisture, birds and rodents
- clean areas
- use clean equipment
Practice good feed room hygiene - Correct Answers -- keep feed fry and free from mold
- keep feed fresh
- separate from farm chemicals, fertilizer, etc.
- control vermin
and Answers
Beef quality assurance - Correct Answers -- ensures quality meat
- leads to positive eating experience for the consumer
- ensures quality from conception to consumption
- process of figuring out what could go wrong, planning to avoid it and then validating
and documenting what you have done
History of BQA - Correct Answers -- *beef safety assurance program*
- residue avoidance program
- early focus on injection site blemishes
- voluntary industry standards
- BQA programs customized by state
What does QUALITY mean in BQA? - Correct Answers -- wholesome and safe
- means providing a product to the consumer that delivers a desirable eating experience
What is the BQA mission? - Correct Answers -- to maximize consumer confidence and
acceptance of beef by focusing the producers' attention to daily production practices
that influence safety, wholesomeness and quality of beef and beef products
What does BQA focus on? - Correct Answers -- care and husbandry
- feedstuffs (including feed additives and medications)
- injectable animal health products
- processing, treatment and record-keeping
Care and husbandry practices - Correct Answers -- handle and transport in way to
minimize stress, injury and bruising
- inspect facilities to ensure proper care and husbandry
- keep feed and water handling equipment clean
- provide appropriate nutritional and feedstuff management
- maintain environment appropriate to production setting
- evaluating and enforcing biosecurity
What is the key with record keeping? - Correct Answers -- *must keep records for
MINIMUM of 2 YEARS* or longer by laws and regulations
What is appropriate temperature for vaccine storage? - Correct Answers -- *35 to 45
degrees F*
, Cattle transport and BQA - Correct Answers -- loading/unloading = low stress and avoid
injury
- equipment selection = truck and trailer, floor space, use proper facilities for loading
cattle, gates
- stock trailer maintenance = clean floor with traction, tires, wheels, wires and lights and
brakes
Transporting cattle - Correct Answers -- allow adequate room
- transport during cooler parts of day
- avoid sudden starts and stops or sharp turns
- plan ahead to minimize time on trailer
Cattle behavior - Correct Answers -- need to teach cows HOW to behave
- need to anticipate how a cow is going to think and act
- separate cows from calves for processing
How to think like a cow - Correct Answers -- see like the cow = eliminate shadows that
prevent cattle from entering an area; cattle move towards LIGHT
- minimize loud noises
- understand FLIGHT ZONE
- natural tendencies = more efficient to move as a group; creatures of habit
Flight zone - Correct Answers -- aka personal space
- aka point of balance
- not same for all cattle
- used to MOVE cattle
Feedstuffs - Correct Answers -- maintain records of pesticides on pasture or crops
- create quality control program for incoming feedstuffs
- analyze suspect feedstuffs prior to use
- do not feed ruminant-derived protein sources per FDA
- support feeding of byproduct or coproduct ingredients with sound science
Feed storage and handling - Correct Answers -- store and handle to PREVENT
contamination of feeds and to ensure safety of beef and milk products produced
- decrease moisture, birds and rodents
- clean areas
- use clean equipment
Practice good feed room hygiene - Correct Answers -- keep feed fry and free from mold
- keep feed fresh
- separate from farm chemicals, fertilizer, etc.
- control vermin
