The Certified Angus Beef scam

JimVT | 12/01/10 | JimVT

[JimVT]

The latest screw the consumer attack is coming from Angus Beef cattlemen and America's meat sellers.

Try and find a piece of meat with the "Certified Angus Beef" (CAB) sticker on it that also has the acceptable USDA grade on it. Very difficult, if at all.

My local market managers when asked about the USDA grade on thier CAB meat say: "Oh, it's choice or select."

So how are we supposed to know which? I don't knowingly buy "select".

This is a scam...ripoff...and consumer fraud!

Complain to your meat seller and tell your congressman to force the USDA to stop this fraud!

[OldMissileer]

Somewhere near the tail? :-)

[goat granny]

Hi granny, I am sure you know Angus is a breed.

Years back there was a big stink about Angus because of the marbling of the meat...some bureaucrat said it had too much cholesterol so for a while it was not the choice of those that follow so called experts.

Now there are a lot of different breed of meat cattle. Our Angus was tasty..don't know if any other breed has the same marbleing. Angus is also the breed that is ready for market sooner than some others...its prime is at 20 months old...some breeds don't mature for 26 months...each breed is a little different in just the right maturity..

Our butcher told us she should have been sent to slaughter 6 months earlier....we tried artificial insemination so she had a couple of extra months of life...but the vet that came out to check her also said she was 400 pounds overweight we should put her on a diet, yea right get a cow to loose 400 pounds little too much fat before we inseminate again...either that or put her in the freezer.. We were shown the extra fat when the carcass was hanging in the butcher shop. They also have shorter legs and more rump.

[MrB]

Angus cattle are black.
What you have there is a Charolais Anus beef.

[Jimmy Valentine's brother]

Someone told me today that Costco sells top quality beef.
I am not a member

[slowhandluke]

Nope, never been to a big stock auction, just the 4-H/county fair type. I didn't really see that side of the action.

On the cattle side, it may be sold in varied lots, but where I worked, it was the individual side of beef that was marked prime or choice, regardless of what it had been labeled in the stock yard. So what went out of the factory was sold as labeled by the inspector after it had been killed and cleaned and cut so the marbling was visible. But things have changed a lot in the last 40 years.

[goat granny]

An Angus is either all black or all red....unless its a cross breed.

[Valpal1]

The consumer should, duh! Voting with your wallet is faster and more productive than whining to Congress. In case you haven’t figured it out, the FDA is a fustercluck already.

If its shifty advertising you have a problem with, you’re better off complaining to a consumer protection agency at the state or county level. Easier to get their attention focused.

[thackney]

Never eat a donut steak.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***Try and find a piece of meat with the “Certified Angus Beef” (CAB) sticker on it that also has the acceptable USDA grade on it***

As we say in Cattle country...”Once you get the hide off, they are ALL Angus”!

[Alice in Wonderland]

First thing I did when we moved to Florida was to get my own cows.

You can't beat their meat!

[Vinnie]

.....with thick cut bacon and carmalized onions - OMG

The only way. Now I've got the hots for some.

[GOYAKLA]

You stole that last line from “Joe’s Meat Market”.
Joke from 1929. :^)

[GOYAKLA]

You stole that last line from “Joe’s Meat Market”.
Joke from 1929. :^)

[Erasmus]

In my town there's an "Eastwood" development and golf course.

Once in a while the "s" gets stolen.

When that happens, I always expect the bottom stroke of the "E" to go next, but that hasn't happened yet.

[Vinnie]

Someone told me today that Costco sells top quality beef.

I think so. Rib eyes, choice approx. $6.50 / lb. I've been impressed with their meat.
Their produce is very good also. Good bakery too.

My problem is the nearest Costco is 15 miles away.

[Hardastarboard]

“Try our new anus wraps”

I'm gonna guess they'll be most available in San Fransisco.

[jnik2]

We raise angus on our ranch...all it takes to be considered “certified angus” is proof the animal is 51% angus or greater. You can buy it around here choice or prime....have not seen select angus.

[Mr. Lucky]

That's an interesting graphic, but what's it supposed to show?

That Angus carcases can't be grade below select?

[Iowa Granny]

Years back there was a big stink about Angus because of the marbling of the meat...

But, but, but,,, I've been here on the farm for 43 years,, and my husband has been here 65 years. When I have to purchase meat at the supermarket (when the meat in the freezer runs out before it's butchering time) I always select my steaks with plenty of marbling. I think it grills better.

I've read what they say about grass fed beef being better for you,,,, and I've tried it.... Perhaps it's an aquired taste. It seems tough and dry to me.

Have never tried grilling goat. Have you?

[Parmy]

So! Another hoax.