THE adoption of Meat Standards Australia by the Australian beef industry has reshaped attitudes to eating quality and the methods producers can apply to maintain and improve eating quality outcomes.
Nationally, more than 53 percent of the adult cattle slaughter (some 3.3 million head) are presented for MSA grading according to the 2020-21 MSA Annual Outcomes Report.
Given the number of cattle, and the vast amount of data collected through MSA, Dr Stephen Lee, Professor Wayne Pitchford, Dr Rudi McEwin and Dr Rick Tearle from the University of Adelaide along with Michael Beattie from…
