USDA Announces QSA Implementation

Tag : Beef Meat
The U.S. Department of Agriculture officially announced Wednesdaythe implementation of the voluntary quality system assessment (QSA)program, which verifies that beef exported to Korea is from cattleyounger than 30 months.
The USDA also disclosed the 29 QAS-authorized workplaces inspectedby the Agricultural Marketing Service in accordance with KoreasQSA program.
The list of 29 suppliers includes seven Tyson Fresh Meatssuppliers, three Cargill Meat Solutions suppliers, three NationalBeef suppliers and Nebraska Beef. They will begin slaughtering,packaging and processing of beef to be exported to Korea, startingThursday local time.
It is expected to take about a month for U.S. beef to be exportedto Korea under the new conditions to arrive in Korea.