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Australian Grainfed Beef
PURCHASING | STEP 1 | STEP 2 | STEP 3 | AUSTRALIAN GRAINFED BEEF
    The Australian Grainfed cattle industry through the National Feedlot Accreditation Scheme (NFAS),
    administers the certification and specification for minimum standards for Grainfed beef.

Cattle slaughtered and processed as Grainfed must be sourced from a feedlot accredited with the NFAS and audited by AUS-MEAT. All cattle from accredited feedlots must have the necessary NFAS delivery documents at time of slaughter. Australian Quarantine and Inspection Services are the responsible Government organization for the administration of declaration documents on plant.

AUS-MEAT is responsible for post-slaughter monitoring of Grainfed product. Carcasses eligible for Grainfed Certification must comply with the following criteria for meat quality assessment:

GRAIN-FED (GF)
Grain Fed Label with Cipher
  • Number of days on feed: 100 days
  • Age (Dentition): 6 permanent incisor teeth (maximum) except where carcases with thoracic vertebrae are only partially ossified
  • P8 Fat depth (mm): 7 mm (minimum)
  • Meat Color Score: 1 a-b-c -  3
  • Fat Color Score: 0-3
Feed Ration
Cattle must have been fed in a feedlot for not less than 100 days, and for not less than 80 days of that, on a nutritionally balanced ration of a recognized high-energy feed of which grain is the highest single component. Rations must have an average metabolizable energy (ME) content greater than 10 megajoules (MJ) per kilogram of dry matter.
GRAIN-FED YOUNG BEEF (GFYG)
Grain Fed Young Beef Label with Cipher
  • Number of days on feed: 70 days (females not less than 60 days)
  • Age (Dentition): 0 to 2 permanent incisor teeth
  • P8 Fat depth (mm): 5 mm (minimum)
  • Meat Color Score: 1 a-b-c - 3
  • Fat Color Score: 0-3
Feed Ration
Cattle must have been fed in a feedlot for not less than 70 days (females for not less than 60 days), and for not less than 50 days of that, on a nutritionally balanced ration of a recognized high energy feed of which grain is the highest single component. Rations must have an average metabolizable energy (ME) content greater than 10 megajoules (MJ) per kilogram of dry matter.

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