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Sources of variation in quality of South African beef: Case studies in relation to the red meat classification system

  • 2015
  • Issue: 3
  • Volume: 45
P.E. Strydom, L. Frylinck, S.M. van Heerden, M. Hope-Jones, A. Hugo, E.C. Webb, E. Moholisa, B.E. Liebenberg & O.C. Sehoole Page: 289 - 301

The South African classification system describes beef carcasses in regard to visual fat cover, conformation and age by dentition. Animal age provides a fairly accurate description of expected eating quality in regard to tenderness in an industry where other sources…

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