In the August 24, 2016, Federal Register, AMS announced a request for public comments on a petition requesting revision to U.S. standards for grades of carcass beef. Specifically, the petition requests that the beef standards be amended to include dentition and documentation of actual age as an additional determination of maturity grouping for official quality grading. Currently, the standards include only skeletal and muscular evidence as a determination of maturity grouping for the purposes of official quality grading. Comments are due October 24, 2016.
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