date:Jun 23, 2014
berdeen Angus bull. Under the new system, a sample will be taken from every pedigree calf when it is registered with the Cattle Society. This can be used to create a DNA profile to establish the full parentage.
The move was welcomed by Waitrose, which has a large share of the Aberdeen Angus market, while NFU beef group chairman Andy Foot said measures to give consumers confidence that what was said on pack was verifiable could only be good.
Aberdeen Angus calves were currently registered using