Animal slaughtering chemical treatment and method
AssigneeMonfort of Colorado, Inc.
InventorsR. Paul Clayton, Rod A. Bowling
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Abstract
A material and method for processing meat in production in which the meat, both carcass and head, which can proceed on different production lines, is rinsed and treated with acetic acid after hide removal. The water and acid are maintained at a temperature of between 80 and 150 degrees fahrenheit. The acid is in a water based solution at concentrations ranging from 0.25 per cent to 2.00 per cent. After evisceration for the carcass and removal of waste from the head, the head and carcass are rinsed and treated with acetic acid again before being sent to cold storage from which they are released later for further processing. The first rinsing step is commenced within one hour of the time the hide is removed from the animal.
Claims18
In a method for packing meat the steps comprising:
- removing the hide from the animal leaving a carcass;
- a first water rinsing of the carcass within one hour of removal of the hide, with water maintained from 80 to 150 degrees fahrenheit;
- a first spraying of the carcass, immediately after the first washing, with acetic acid spray;
- evisceration of the carcass;
- a second rinsing of the carcass, immediately, with water maintained from 80 to 150 degrees fahrenheit;
- a second spraying of the carcass with acetic acid spray, immediately after the second rinsing.
In a method for packing meat the steps comprising:
- removing the hide from the animal leaving a carcass;
- removing the head from the animal
- a first water washing of the head with water maintained from 80 to 150 degrees fahrenheit;
- a first spraying of the head with acetic acid spray;
- removal of undesirable parts from the head;
- a second washing of the head with water maintained from 80 to 150 degrees fahrenheit;
- a second spraying of the head with acetic acid spray.
In a method for packing meat the steps comprising:
- removing the hide from the animal leaving a carcass;
- removing the head from the carcass;
- processing the head and the carcass on separate production lines;
- a plurality of first and second spraying means for spraying the carcass and the head with fluid;
- first rinsing on the separate production lines of the head and carcass with a warm water solution;
- first spraying of the head and the carcass with an acetic acid spray;
- evisceration of the carcass;
- removal of the inedible parts from the head;
- second spraying of the head and carcass with a warm water solution;
- second spraying of the head and carcass with an acetic acid solution.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.