№3 (2018)

Smagulov A.K., Oraz G.T.

The article deals with the assessment of beef quality in accordance with the international standard of the UNECE, as well as the quality control system for guaranteed compliance with the assessment of meat, adopted in international trade. Currently, in each country there are national schemes for cutting carcasses and own names of cuts and large boneless cuts, which causes certain difficulties in the export and import of meat. To simplify international meat trade, the UN/ECE Standard for Bovine Carcases and Cuts has been developed under the auspices of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (ECE). The purpose of this standard is to unify the terminology of individual cuts of carcasses of slaughter
animals and a description of commercial quality and trade requirements for carcases and cuts intended for human consumption.
Key words: standard, beef system, unification, terminology, intensive systems, beef carcass cutting, coding system, cutting and carcass processing, export, import, males, heifers, method, labeling, marbling