Technical Documents

The G-R Manufacturing line of products has been a standard in meat processing industry for decades.  Below are several articles detailing the test procedures for the various aspects of the G-R product line:

Slice Shear Force Protocol presentation from the USDA can be found here.

Warner-Bratzler Shear Force Protocol presentation from the USDA can be found here.

USDA article detailing shear force procedures and measurement processes can be found here.

Additional publications on the Slice Shear and Warner-Bratzler processes can be found here.