The Program checks the quality of meat is an important tool for members of the 4-H

Is always speak in today's society of quality and condition of the meat as it comes from the farm to the table.

Consumers may question how their food is produced and you want to be assured that what they are eating is good for them.

Colorado 4-H has become pro-active when it comes to this concept. Members enrolled in 4-H are ultimately the future of the agriculture industry, so there is no better place to start than with them.

All members in Colorado 4-H, which shows a livestock-cattle, dairy, sheep, pigs, goats, rabbits and poultry — are required to participate in the programme for the control of the quality of meat twice in their career, the 4-H are they participate in their first year exhibiting livestock, and then start with one senior member, who is at the age of 14 years.

To provide this information, extension agents in Colorado and have developed a national award-winning, interactive program that teaches 4-H youth about the production of the good practices of food animal production.

These include where properly give injections, which subsidies are allowed, the feeding and care for the animal as normal. Using the model of pig and cow members download to practical demonstration and see what happens, if you give an injection in the wrong place.

How to correctly read and follow labels on antibiotics and vaccines is another key element for the training of the MQA. This includes understanding the date of withdrawal, which are very important if the animal has received some form of antibiotic or vaccine. Date of withdrawal is simply the number of days the substance remains in the system of the animal and every day is completely out and safe for animal Collections.

Nutrition and normal animal care go hand in hand. This part simply teaches kids to take care of their animals because the animal is unable to feed itself. They must make sure that the animal is properly fed and that it is set correctly, as well. This includes providing adequate room for the number of animals in a pen and making sure that they are structures pen.

The Program checks the quality of 4-H is used as the basis for how members will act as producers of food for the rest of their career, the 4-H and beyond.

As a result, consumers can have confidence in the safety and quality of food they eat.

Kim Sterkel is 4-H livestock Coordinator in the Office of the weld County, Colorado State University extension.

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