The Ohio Youth Food Animal Quality Assurance
Program was introduced in December of 2005. This program
has met the minimum standards of the National Pork Board Youth Pork
Quality Assurance Program. Any youth certified under this program
will have completed YPQA. This program also meet the requirements
set forth by Ohio Department of Agriculture.
A curriculum guide was developed for educators to conduct the program.
Educators must attend a certification conducted by the OSU Dept. of
Animal Sciences, once every three years. For curriculum guide material
and county QA cooridnator certification requirements, please contact
Paul Kuber at kuber.2@osu.edu
or 614-247-8305.
