Table 1.

Comparison of international beef eating quality grading systems [16]

Grading inputs	MSA Meat Standards Australia	USDA United States Department of Agriculture	EUROP European Beef Grading Scheme	JMGA Japan Meat Grading Association
Tropical breed content	∨
Hormonal growth promotant	∨
Sex	∨
Carcass weight	∨	∨	∨	∨
Carcass conformation		∨	∨
Ossification (maturity)	∨	∨
Meat texture		∨		∨
Meat firmness		∨		∨
Milk-fed veal	∨
Carcass hanging method	∨
Marbling	∨	∨		∨
Meat colour	∨	∨		∨
pH	∨
Rib fat measurement	∨	∨	∨	∨
Ribeye area		∨		∨
Fat colour	∨			∨
Via saleyard	∨
Cut ageing	∨
Cooking method	∨
Individual cut	∨