Statutes, codes, and regulations
Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 010 - Agriculture, Dept. ofSubagency 0011 - Lean Beef Committee
Chapter 2 - PREMIUM BEEF PROGRAM
Section 2-2 - Standards for Wyoming Premium Beef

010-2 Wyo. Code R. § 2-2

Download
PDF
Current through April 27, 2019
Section 2-2 - Standards for Wyoming Premium Beef

All cattle qualifying for Wyoming Premium Beef shall meet the following standards:

(a) They shall graze the summer before slaughter in Wyoming. For purposes of these- standards cattle are deemed to be Hying within Wyoming even though the cattle are grazed outside Wyoming if

  • (i) They have free access to land within Wyoming or
  • (ii) They are in a pasture located not more than twenty-five (25) miles from the Wyoming border and' the owner of the cattle is a Wyoming resident who physically resides within Wyoming and has his principal place of business in Wyoming.

(b) They shall have a hot carcass weight of at least five hundred fifty (550) but not more than eight hundred (800) pounds.

(c) Only retail cuts from carcasses with a USDA quality grade of Choice or equivalent and a yield grade of 2 or 3 qualify for Wyoming Premium Beef Fat trim on retail cuts shall not exceed 1/4 or an inch when sold.

(d) Carcasses shall be electrically stimulated within one (1) hour after stunning.

(e) They shall not exceed thirty-six (36) months of age at the time of slaughter.

(f) They shall not have been given any steroids (synthetic or natural) or any other growth promoting hormone. This regulation shall not be construed to prohibit the use of parasiticides.

(g) They shall not have been given any subtherapeutic levels of antibiotics. This standard shall not be construed as prohibiting the use of therapeutic levels of any antibiotic for therapeutic purposes. The practice of feeding antibiotics to calves for up to 10 days at weaning or during periods of stress for the control of shipping fever and other diseases shall be deemed a therapeutic practice. There shall be strict compliance with approved withdrawal periods for all antibiotics.

(h) established in above paragraphs (a),(b),(c),(f) and (g) Carcasses from animals that exceed 36 months of age can be used for ground beef but shall not under any circumstances be marketed as wholesale or retail cuts.

010-2 Wyo. Code R. § 2-2