sim.-ang.king":2lgcata4 said:
Can't speak for the others but with my simmentals it was frame size, birth weight, and days on feed for the reason of mixing in Angus like any crossbreeding, it's to make improvements. Tell me when you see a black steer do you think it has Red Poll in it? Of course not, but you do know it has angus in it, and that is basically what has happen. All of the crossbred animals that use to come in hundred different colors now come in one color so you know it is at least somewhat angus.
And what's bloody wrong with calling a black animal black? They call Red Angus red, Red Holstein red, Red Poll red. Should we call them European Angus, Cross Holstein, and Poll?
So what percent angus is a black simmental? If it is 1/32 angus, seems you weren't using angus to improve traits other than the color. In other words, trying to make people think they are angus when very little is.
I've learned here that if an animal's hair is at least 51% black, it can qualify as Certified ANGUS Beef. That's like painting a chinese tractor 51% green and selling it as a John Deere. I guess you're saying if 3% of the parts are Deere, then it is a Deere?
If they'd quit calling it Certified Angus Beef, I'd be okay with it. Just call it Certified Black Haired Beef. I mean, what does it mean to CERTIFY something? If you aren't certifying what you say you're certifying, then it's bogus.
The whole purpose of a certification is to certify, or guarantee, that what you are certifying is indeed what you are saying it is.
As CB said, fortunately the public is ignorant, but someday someone's going to expose the fraud and some people will lose trust. I know alot of people worked up over antibiotics and hormones - now here's another thing to turn people off.