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Show I SDA Is Primed Standards to Change? Sinclair Washington Post By Molly W riter WASHINGTON - Deep in the, heart of the Agriculture Department, a group of bureaucrats is carving out a new set of standards that may change the amount of fat scattered through the different grades of beef sold by supermarkets and restaurants. The action comes in response to a petition from cattle producers who want the government to reduce the requirements for marblthose flecks of fat that ing traditionally have denoted beef juiciness, flavor and tenderness. The National Cattlemens Association says that lowering marbling requirements would give consumers the leaner beef they want and help reduce production costs. Animals generally would cost less to raise, because they wouldnt have to be fed as much grain to qualify for the top grades. The cattlemen also contend that less marbling wouldnt make beef any less tasty. But some opponents argue that consumers could end up paying higher prices for lower quality meat if the standards are reduced. Others fighting the NCA plan including some state cattlebemens associations lieve it would be better to create a new grade for lean beef-gradin- g beef than to lower the start dards for the familiar prime, choice and good grades. Names suggested for a new lean grade range from to choice light agency team assigned to review the proposals, counterproposals and comments from 19 groups, representing meat wholesalers, middlemen, restaurants, cattlemen and consumers. "Everybody has a differ ent interest in what they want the grades to do, Wise said. And what may suit one may not suit another. We try to find a position that will satisfy as many as possible." That position could begin affecting consumer palates and pocketbooks by this time next year. That is the minimum period in which USDA could define its position, get the proposed standards approved by the Office of Management and Budget, publish them in the Federal Register, listen to public comments and issue the final rules. Buried in the stew over what the standards should be is a second issue of who makes the decision. Conflict of Interest? The community Nutrition Institute, a consumer group, has expressed concern that the USDA official with jurisdiction over beef grading is C. W. (Bill) McMillan, a former lobbyist for the NCA, the group pushing for the grading change. I suppose some people could perceive it as a See Page P-- 6 'Sensitive Issue always a sensitive issue when USDA is involved in a grade change, said Jim Wise, one member of the "Its HOW BEEF GRADES ARE DETERMINED Meat slightly marbled would fall into the choice category if its exterior fat is at least 3 of an inch thick and only slightly yellow Grades for animals slaughtered between the age of 9 and 30 month Older animals require slightly more marbling to qualify for the same grades SOURCE USOA TjkcmvVllPA v Fashion Place Ogden City Mall ZCMI Center University Shopping Center Mall Valley Fair Mall Layton Hills Mall This is a small ad with BIG SAVINGS Personal Size Journal Parchment or Saddle Brown, 3.99 Reg $4 95 Our Family Journal, Reg $9.95 6.99 A Companion to Your Study of the Old Testament, Reg. $8.95 7.39 Lion House Recipes, Reg. $9.95 8.29 The Mortal Messiah, Book 4, Reg. $1 95 9.99 Why We Are Baptized, Reg $4.95 3.99 Gospel Basics Busy Book, Reg $4 50 2.99 Deluxe Triple Combination on Cassette, Reg. $109.95 69.99 Hallowed Journey, Dramatized Book of Mormon on Cassette, Reg. $79.95 59.99 1 2.99 Better Homes and Gardens New Cookbook, Reg $1 5.95 Mormon Country Cooking, Reg $9.95 7.99 A Companion to Your Study of the Doctrine and Covenants Set). Reg. $16.95 6.99 Prayer (hardback), Reg. 6.95 3.49 3.99 Topical Guide to the Scriptures, Reg $8 95 Discourses of Brigham Young (paperback), Reg $2 50 .99 Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith (paperback). .99 Reg $2.50 Better Homes and Gardens New Baby Book, Reg $9 95 7.99 Is There Life After Housework?, Reg. $6 95 5.49 Utah II (Pictorial Atlas), Reg. $28.50 21.99 Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Reg. $12.95 10.99 am a Child of God Deluxe Pendant, Reg $4 50 2.49 1 0.99 Framed Salt Lake Temple Picture, Reg $1 6.35 Panasonic 39.99 Recorder, Reg. $69.95 1 9.99 The Best of BYU Devotionals on Cassette, $65.50 Value October 1981 Conference Cassettes, Reg. $24 95 19.99 1 MARSHA FACES A DIFFICULT DECISION. SOFT SEATS COME IN SO MANY DECORATOR COLORS, EMBROIDERED Marsha can't make up her mind.. I CANT MAKEUP MY MIND!" YES, NCW MARSHA CAN AFFORD SOFT SEATS FOR EVERY l. Slim-lin- "I LOVE THE TODAY BATHROOM JOHN .. APUN?" TOMORROW, JOHN SAYS... 'FOR A HAPPY ' ft t '' 1 ' Salt ASALEAT mmvm Lake DURING THE SOFT SEAT SALE NOW AT BATMTtQUe... Solids Patterns 20 OFF ALL SELECTIONS Fashion Place Mall .17- - The " IS THAT Y" NO, ITS e Quantities limited on some items effeptiye .through October, t7, 1981 3e'prices . batifiljue FASHION PLACE MALL 266-360- 15. . t 4 5 ) "7 r |
