With consumers concerned for animal welfare and sustainable
production, Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) is now required by
food giants like Tyson Foods, who work with 25% of the US
beef market share, and Wendy’s, currently the 2nd largest fast
food hamburger chain in the US, to meet public demand.
ONLINE CERTIFICATION:
Visit www.bqa.org to get BQA certified online. Online training consists
of series of lessons and quizzes to become certified. Training will take
~2 hours and is at no cost.
LOCAL CERTIFICATION OPPORTUNITY:
Join OSU Extension at the Steubenville Library Schiappa Branch
on January 29th, 2020 to get your certification. *This training is not
the Beef Transportation Quality Assurance, but it will count towards
requirements for 4-H Youth Quality Assurance. For questions on BQA
transportation or if you think you may need to become certified to haul
cattle to a processor (does not include livestock auction barns), contact
740-264-2212, or send an email to lyon.194@osu.edu.