Method of controlling the quality of consumable animal primal cuts
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1. A method of controlling the quality of consumable animal primal cuts comprising the steps of:
- breeding a plurality of animals;
providing an animal identifier for a plurality of animals bred at a breeding facility and identifying breeding data for the animals;
selecting the animals into a plurality of lots of animals having similar characteristics, each lot having a lot identifier;
raising the animals at a feeding facility;
collecting production data on the animals in the feeding facility, the production data being selected from the group consisting of lot production data and individual animal production data;
obtaining feeder facility data on the procedures used at the feeding facility;
entering the breeding data, the animal identifier, lot identifier, lot production data, individual animal production data and feeding facility data into a database;
processing the animals into primal cuts;
assessing the quality of the primal cuts;
entering the quality data into the database;
identifying factors from the database that resulted in the quality of the primal cuts; and
altering at least one of breeding the animals and raising the animals to improve the primal cut quality.
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A method of monitoring the production history of consumable animal primal cuts. Data collected from animal breeders and animal feeders is provided to a centralized data management system. An independent auditor also collects data on the operations of animal feeders. The data is analyzed to identify trends or relationships between aspects of the production lifecycle. Quality data on the quality of the primal cuts is also provided to the data management system. Feedback on procedures to be adjusted to improve primal cut quality can be provided to feeders.
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1. A method of controlling the quality of consumable animal primal cuts comprising the steps of:
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breeding a plurality of animals; providing an animal identifier for a plurality of animals bred at a breeding facility and identifying breeding data for the animals; selecting the animals into a plurality of lots of animals having similar characteristics, each lot having a lot identifier; raising the animals at a feeding facility; collecting production data on the animals in the feeding facility, the production data being selected from the group consisting of lot production data and individual animal production data; obtaining feeder facility data on the procedures used at the feeding facility; entering the breeding data, the animal identifier, lot identifier, lot production data, individual animal production data and feeding facility data into a database; processing the animals into primal cuts; assessing the quality of the primal cuts; entering the quality data into the database; identifying factors from the database that resulted in the quality of the primal cuts; and altering at least one of breeding the animals and raising the animals to improve the primal cut quality. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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