For more than 140 years, Americans have sought to document and improve the flavor of beef through innovation and research. This new white paper, Beef Flavor: A review from chemistry to consumer, provides a review of the literature describing the more recent efforts in this arena.
# # #
The Beef Checkoff Program was established as part of the 1985 Farm Bill. The checkoff assesses $1 per head on the sale of live domestic and imported cattle, in addition to a comparable assessment on imported beef and beef products. States retain up to 50 cents on the dollar and forward the other 50 cents per head to the Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board, which administers the national checkoff program, subject to USDA approval.
Source: The Beef Checkoff Program