A quality assurance program for consistently producing high quality meat
products broadly comprises selecting a plurality of calves that meet a set
of standards and managing the calves according to a set of protocols. The
standards are used to cull out low quality calves that are expected to
yield low quality meat products. The protocols ensure the calves are
properly nurtured so that they may yield high quality meat products by
dictating how the calves are fed and treated. For example, the protocols
preferably dictate what and when vaccines are given to the calves. The
program may be broken down into three growth phases, such as an initiation
phase in which the calves are managed during their first weeks, a growth
phase in which the calves are managed during their growth, and a finishing
phase in which the calves are managed leading up to slaughter.
