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Where’s the (Not) Meat?—Byproducts From Beef and Pork Production

By Daniel Marti, Rachel Johnson, and Kenneth Mathews, Jr.

Outlook Report No. (LDPM-209-01) 30 pp, November 2011

The report describes the many uses for animal byproducts—both inedible and edible—and estimates the volume of production of beef and pork variety meats in the United States in addition to the proportion of value added to the live animal from the byproducts. The value added to U.S. meat trade and the role of variety meats in the global marketplace is also evaluated.

Keywords: animal byproducts, offal, edible, inedible, variety meats, hogs, cattle, trade, ERS, USDA

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Chapters are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.

Updated date: November 21, 2011

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