Continuous production and packaging of perishable goods in low oxygen environments
AssigneeSafeFresh Technologies, LLC
InventorAnthony J. M. Garwood
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Abstract
A method is provided for tracking ground meat to the animal or animals from which the meat was harvested. The method includes obtaining animal portions that have information that is associated with the animal portions. The animal portions are loaded into a conduit or a vessel that includes a meat grinder. The amount of portions entering the conduit or the vessel are measured. The portions are ground into ground meat, and the amount of ground meat leaving the conduit is again measured. With the aid of a computer, when the amount of ground meat leaving the conduit corresponds to an amount of the portions that enter the conduit, the information that had been associated with the unground animal portions can also be associated with the ground meat.
Claims10
A method for tracking ground meat to an animal from which the meat was harvested, comprising:
- obtaining animal portions having information associated therewith;
- transferring the portions to a conduit, said conduit including a meat grinder;
- measuring the amount of portions entering the conduit;
- grinding the portions to provide ground meat;
- measuring the amount of ground meat leaving the conduit;
- determining via a computer, when an amount of ground meat leaving the conduit corresponds to an amount of portions entering the conduit;
- and
- associating the information with the ground meat leaving the conduit.
A method for tracking ground meat to an animal from which the meat was harvested, comprising:
- obtaining animal portions having information associated therewith;
- transferring the portions to a vessel, the vessel including a meat grinder;
- measuring the amount of meat entering the vessel;
- grinding the meat to provide ground meat;
- measuring the amount of ground meat leaving the vessel;
- determining via a computer, when an amount of ground meat leaving the vessel corresponds to an amount of meat entering the vessel;
- associating the information with the ground meat leaving the vessel;
- and
- packaging the ground meat in at least one package having a mark, said information being associated with the package through the mark.
A method for associating packaged meat with information about an animal from which the meat is harvested, comprising:
- providing an animal having information associated therewith;
- transferring said information to a location that is accessible to one or more users of the information;
- harvesting meat from the animal;
- providing packages containing a mark on each package;
- reading the mark on a package and keeping track of said package before the package is provided with meat;
- and
- placing the meat in the packages to associate packaged meat with the information about the animal from which the meat was harvested.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.