This item is prepared from the short loin portion of Item No. 172 and 172A.  The short loin includes the 13th rib and is separated from the sirloin by a straight cut at a right angle to its length anterior to the hip cartilage that exposes the gluteus meduis.  The flank shall be excluded by a straight cut ventral to, but not more than 3.0 inches (7.5 cm) from the longissimus dorsi at the rib end to a point on the sirloin end ventral to, but not more than 2.0 inches (5.0 cm) from the longissimus dorsi.

The purchaser specified options (PSO) for flank removal by a straight cut ventral to the longissimus dorsi as follows:  (Rib end x Sirloin end)

PSO:   

1 - 1.0 inch (2.5 cm) x 1.0 inch (2.5 cm)

2 - 1.0 inch (2.5 cm) x 0 inch (immediately ventral)

3 - Other as specified