Adoption and use of MGQA sends a signal to the livestock industry and to consumers that the production of meat goats has grown from being a “backyard project” to an economically viable nationwide industry. Sustaining and enhancing this growth requires increasing the availability of safe, wholesome goat products in the marketplace. Using MGQA procedures can assist livestock owners in making correct production decisions. The Preferred Production Practices (PPP) may also bring new ideas or approaches to existing management activities. Utilizing HACCP-like principles in implementing the MGQA promotes a quality management style that anticipates and prevents problems.

Adherence to MGQA guidelines benefits all aspects of the meat goat industry from pre-harvest production of animals yielding high quality, edible products through post-harvest processing and sale. This embodies a total quality management approach to the meat goat industry assuring consumers of the wholesomeness and quality of U.S.-produced goat meat products.

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