Show official grading of meat aimed to protect buyer housewives will notice on marketing trips that more and more meat is showing up with the purple stamps of official grading about 60 per cent of commercially produced beef veal lamb and mutton now is being graded under this federal meat grading service this is several times more meat than was being graded before the war home marketing specialists say this big increase in meat grading is largely due to the demand of consumers that the grading be continued and meat be priced according to grades during the war many hom emak ers came to know and rely on the purple grade stamps as guides in buying meat not only housewives but also many institutions institution i hote hotels is restaurants food chains and other othe r big buyers have learned that federal grading makes purchasing u easier ts more economical and satisfactory meat is graded by men carefully trained according to department of agriculture standards official rial grades seen most often on retail markets are U S choice U S good and U S commercial homemakers can use these grades to make better meat buys |