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• Ask about breed – beef from native breeds has tight-grained flesh best suited to roasting; native breeds include pedigree Aberdeen Angus, Hereford, South Devon, Welsh Black, Lincoln Red, Longhorn, Belted Galloway, Highland and White Park.

• Ask about feed – meat from animals grown slowly on a mainly grass/silage diet with some cereal in winter has the most flavour. Non-organically reared animals can be fed GM cereals in the UK.

• Ask about welfare – stress caused by long journeys to abattoirs, and thereafter overcrowded pens (lairage), and noise has been proved to change PH levels in meat, affecting tenderness and flavour.

• Ask about hanging – a side or quarter of beef should be hung for between three and five weeks, uncovered, at a temperature of 2-3°C.