Processing meat products responsive to customer orders
AssigneeSafeFresh Technologies, LLC
InventorAnthony J.M. Garwood
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Abstract
Processing and packaging for perishable goods, such as beef, in a conduit wherein oxygen is substantially excluded and suitable gases such as carbon dioxide are provided at a suitable pressure and in such a manner as to increase the quantity of the gases dissolved in the perishable goods to extend the shelf life of the goods and decontaminate the goods.
Claims21
A method for processing meat for a customer comprising:
- receiving a selected specification for a meat product from a buyer device via a communication network with a seller device;
- and
- processing meat in response to instructions from the seller device to provide a meat product having said selected specification.
The method of processing meat for a customer wherein said goods have at least one determined variable, comprising:
- exposing said meat to a gas having an oxygen content different from air;
- exposing said meat to an agent capable of inhibiting growth of bacteria on said perishable goods, said agent including water;
- adjusting at least one variable in a quantity of said meat by combining selected amounts of meat having at least one variable;
- and
- testing said meat for the presence of bacteria.
A method of processing and packaging meat according to a buyer's specifications, the method comprising:
- receiving the buyer's specifications, including at least one variable selected from the group consisting of quantity, delivery time, fat content, and size, automatically controlling at least one parameter of a meat processing equipment to meet the buyer's specifications;
- determining whether an estimated delivery time to the buyer's desired destination will exceed the amount of time which the meat can endure without undergoing substantial oxidation or significant deterioration;
- and
- packaging the meat in a master container when the estimated delivery time to the buyer's desired destination will be in excess of the amount of time which the meat can endure without undergoing substantial oxidation or significant deterioration.
A system for processing and packaging meat, according to a buyer's specifications, comprising:
- a processing unit;
- and
- a storage medium coupled to the processing unit, the storage medium containing programming code executed by the processing unit for automatically controlling the rate of at least one meat processing variable to meet the buyer's specifications and determining whether an estimated delivery time to the buyer's desired destination will exceed the amount of time which the meat can endure without undergoing substantial oxidation, and directing a packaging apparatus to package the meat in a master container when the estimated delivery time will be in excess of the amount of time which the meat can endure without undergoing substantial oxidation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.