Which term refers to age, weight and sex?

• A. Refers to age, weight and sex
• B. Refers to state of refrigeration
• C. Refers to cutting and packing
• D. Refers to oxidative rancidity

Answer: (A)

These attributes describe the animal’s basic live characteristics used for classification and record-keeping. Age, weight, and sex are live-animal data that help inspectors assess maturity, potential carcass yield, and proper labeling or traceability. They’re intrinsic to the animal and used before and at slaughter to make regulatory and quality decisions. The other topics—refrigeration state, cutting and packing, and oxidative rancidity—relate to processing or product quality after slaughter, not to the animal’s own characteristics.