Cow-Calf Quality Assurance Program (The Solution)
John Maas, Veterinary Medicine Extension, UC Davis; Jim Oltjen, Animal Science Extension, UC Davis; UC Cooperative Extension Livestock Farm Advisors
Since 1994, more than 4,000 California cattlemen and women have been trained in subject areas including food quality and safety, animal health, animal handling, record keeping, and Total Quality Management.
This program developed as a natural extension of earlier UC Cooperative Extension activities that contributed to the California Cattlemen's Association's (CCA) Feeder Council Quality Certification Program.
Designed to be a local program, county-based Livestock Farm Advisors coordinate with local cattlemen's organizations and other interested parties to develop the interest and secure an audience, and to lead the program with the assistance of extension specialists and local private veterinary practitioners. The Quality Assurance Program has several individual educational programs:

Basic Quality Assurance Program (QAP)

Advanced Cattle Health

Genetics

A developing program on the topic of "on-farm" Hazard Analysis of Critical Control Points (HACCP)