[IamConservative]

They said the rules on what is certified Angus is so loose that any beef with black in the hide can get the label.

There are 10 criteria for meat being certified as Certified Angus Beef. All 10 criteria are inspected on the carcass. The inspectors don't ever see the cattle on hoof. A Polled Hereford can end up in your store as Certified Angus Beef.

[Beagle8U]

Exactly. It has to do with the quality of the finished beef, the age, the lack of ‘hump’, and how it was raised and fed.

It would have made more sense to just add another ‘grade’ to beef, rather than using a breed name. Call it extra-prime or something like that.

In my opinion a Holstein/Hereford cross is about the best beef you can get if it is raised right.