Improving eating quality

Promise

Differentiation of product quality leading to higher demand for Australian beef and lamb.

Progress

More than 2.4 million head of cattle and 5.4 million sheep have been graded under the Meat Standards Australia (MSA) quality system, which underpins 82 brands and more than 2,400 retailers and other end users.

Performance

A total industry investment estimated at between $319 million and $396 million for the 13-year period under review (1998-99 to 2010-11) is expected to return a total industry benefit of $1.45 billion in present value terms over 20 years to 2019-20. This represents a benefit-cost ratio between 3.7 and 4.5 to 1.

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Reference documents

• Eating quality: The industry impact - full evaluation summary
• Eating quality of conventionally chilled sheep
• Some important changes in the Australian sheepmeat processing industry
• Effects of frequency immobilisation, low voltage bleed and post dressing medium voltage electrical stimulation