Process for the continuous production of pasteurized dried minced meat, reconstituted in the form of thin slabs, and unit for carrying out said process

A unit for the manufacturing and transformation of minced meat comprising:

• a meat pump connected to an extrusion nozzle for shaping the minced meat into a form of a tube or a continuous flattened strip;
• a conveyor system meant to catch a meat strip as it exits from the extrusion nozzle;
• a first system for distributing and arranging a first sheet of controlled permeability film under the meat strip and on the conveyor;
• a second system for distributing and arranging a second sheet of controlled permeability film on the meat strip;
• a first rolling device located downstream of the said systems for distributing and arranging the sheets of film;
• a bath of a dehydration-salting solution that contains a first portion of the conveyor system for continuously transporting the meat strip through the bath of the dehydration-salting solution;
• a bath of a pasteurization solution that contains a second portion of the conveyor system for continuously transporting the meat strip from the bath of the dehydration-salting solution and then through the bath of the pasteurization solution;
• a rinsing tank that contains a third portion of the conveyor system for continuously transporting the meat strip from the bath of the pasteurization solution and then through the rinsing tank;
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• a device for separating the sheets of controlled permeability film from the meat strip, located downstream from the rinsing tank;
• the first, second, and third portions of the conveyor system forming a continuous conveyance device that continuously transports a single, continuous meat strip through the bath of the dehydration-salting solution, then through the bath of the pasteurization solution, and then through the rinsing tank.