Inspection and Grading

 

 

MEAT BUYERS GUIDE (MBG):

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Beef Inspection is performed by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) – Beef Inspection is Mandatory

 

Mark of Federal Inspection – Stamped directly on all primal areas of the carcass.

Information includes U.S. INSP’D & P’S’D (US inspected and Passed for Wholesomeness), and the Establishment #. The Mark of Federal Inspection will also appear on the packaging of each individual piece of beef.

 

Establishment # - Identifies the plant where the product was LAST processed or further  processed. Every plant that is under Federal Inspection must have its own Est. #.

 

Quality Grading through USDA – Voluntary since 1927

                 USDA Prime      USDA Choice       USDA Select

 

No-Roll Beef – Any USDA inspected product that either; 1) does not grade to the minimum level of USDA Select, or 2) does not go through the grading process.

                 Standard  Commercial  Utility  Cutter  Canner

 

Maturity – 95% of graded beef is of “A” maturity (9-30 mos. old at time of harvest).

 

Yield Grading – Available since 1965, identifies “Cutability” of carcass. Grading scale ranges from Yield Grade 1 through Yield Grade 5. Yield Grade 1 identifies a carcass as having the most usable lean, while Yield Grade 5 will produce the least usable lean.

 

Four Primal Cuts of the Carcass:

                 Chuck

                 Rib

                 Loin

                 Round

              

 

A.M. Briggs is the leading center-of-the-plate specialist in the greater Washington DC Metropolitan area.  A.M. Briggs has been providing Washington DC’s finest restaurants, hotels, country clubs and executive dining rooms with the highest quality meat, game, poultry and seafood since 1926.

 

Located just minutes from downtown, we are able to provide daily deliveries to Washington, DC, Northern Virginia, Richmond, Baltimore, Annapolis and Fredrick.  Our facility is USDA inspected and HACCP certified to ensure our customers receive the safest, highest quality products.  A.M. Briggs has been a licensed Certified Angus Beef distributor since 1996.

 

In December 2000, A.M. Briggs went through an ownership change to become part of the Sysco Corporation, but our mission and focus has not changed.  We are committed to providing our customers with the highest quality products and superior customer service.