ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/GE.2/2012/INF.4
7 September 2012
Economic Commission for Europe
Committee on Trade
Working Party on Agricultural Quality Standards
Specialized Section on Standardization
of Meat
Twenty-First session
Geneva, 10-12 September 2012
Item 5 (a) of the Provisional Agenda
Proposal of new UNECE Standards
Retail meat cut descriptions – beef
Note by the secretariat
The following document was submitted by the delegation of the United States.
BEEF RETAIL CUT DESCRIPTION
ENGLISH
CURRENT
UNECE
CODE
7 Bone Chuck Steak
PROPOSED
RETAIL
CODE
1618
1617
7 Bone Chuck Roast
Chuck Blade Steak
1617
1619
1623
1622
Chuck Blade Roast
1622
1623
PICTURE
Outside Flat Steak (Bottom
Round)-21
2051
2050
Outside Flat Roast (Bottom
Round)-11,16
Eye Round Steak
2050
2052
2041
2040
Eye Round Roast -15
Inside Steak cap on-12
2040
2042
2013
2010
Inside Roast cap on-23
Inside Steak cap off
2010
2014
2015
2011
Inside Roast cap off
Inside Cap Steak
Loin T-Bone Steak-5
2011
2012
2016
2012
1551
1550
Chuck Tender Steak
2311
2310
Chuck Tender Roast
Porterhouse Steak-8
2310
2312
1552
1550
Rib Eye Steak bone-in-4
1605
1604
Rib Eye Roast bone-in
Short Ribs
1604
1606
1694
1694
Spare Ribs
1695
1695
Thick Flank Steak
Thick Flank Roast
Knuckle Steak-13
2060
2060
2061
2062
2071
2070
Knuckle Roast-22
Bottom Sirloin Steak
Bottom Sirloin Roast
Rump Steak
2070
2081
2081
2090
2072
2082
2083
2094
Rump Roast
Rump Cap Steak
2090
2095
2096
2091
Rump Cap Roast
2097
2091
Eye of Rump Steak
Eye of Rump Roast
Top Sirloin Steak-7
2093
2093
2098
2099
2121
2120
Top Sirloin Roast
Tri Tip Steak
2120
2122
2134
2131
Tri Tip Roast-20
2135
2131
Ball Tip Steak
2133
2136
Ball Tip Roast
2137
2133
Top Loin Steak-2
2141
2140
Top Loin Roast
Top Loin Steak Bone-in-9
2140
2142
2147
2146
Top Loin Roast Bone-in
Tenderloin Steak-3
2146
2148
2151
2150
Tenderloin Roast
2152
2150
Tenderloin steak side strap off
Tenderloin Roast side strap off
Thick Skirt hanging tender
2160
2160
2180
2161
2162
2181
Thin Skirt Outside-25
Rose Meat (Cutaneous Trunci)
Thin Flank Roast
Internal flank Plate
Inside skirt
Flank Steak-18
2190
2196
2200
2203
2205
2191
2196
2200
2203
2205
2210
2210
Ribeye cap steak
Ribeye cap roast
Spencer roll steak
Spencer roll roast
Ribeye steak-1,17
2229
2229
2230
2230
2231
2232
2241
2240
Ribeye roast-10
2242
2240
Chuck eye steak
2265
2264
Chuck eye roast
Chuck eye roll steak
Chuck eye roll roast
2264
2268
2268
2266
2269
2270
Chuck roll steak
2276
2275
Chuck roll roast-24
Chuck crest steak
Chuck crest roast
Neck roast
2275
2278
2278
2277
2281
2282
2280
2280
Blade bolar steak
2302
Blade bolar roast
Blade oyster steak
2302
2303
Blade oyster roast
Blade oyster Flat iron steak
Blade under cut steak-14
Blade undercut roast-6
Shoulder tender medallions
Shoulder tender roast
2303
2303
2304
2304
2306
2306
2307
2306
Brisket whole
2323
2323
Brisket point
2330
2330
Brisket navel
Heel roast
2340
2364
2340
2364