METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRACKING PROCESSED MEAT PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC FROM THE TIME THE RAW MEAT WAS HANDLED BY AN INITIAL PRODUCTION FACILITY
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1. A method of tracking processed meat provided to the public from the time the raw meat was handled by an initial production facility, comprising:
- providing a film configured to wrap food products;
printing unique, sequential identifiers on the film to form a film with a plurality of labels thereon;
providing a batch of meat to be processed;
preparing a plurality of portions of processed meat from the batch of meat;
wrapping each of the portions of processed meat with a portion of the film such that each portion has a separate label comprising one unique, sequential identifier to form a shippable meat product;
recording the unique sequential identifiers of at least the first and last shippable meat product formed from the batch of meat to associate each shippable meat product from the batch with a separate unique identifier; and
transferring the shippable meat product to a secondary production facility for further processing;
slicing the shippable meat product into multiple saleable meat portions; and
storing data correlating the multiple saleable meat portions to the unique, sequential identifier of the corresponding shippable meat product so that saleable meat portions can be traced back to the batch of meat used at the initial production facility.
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Method and apparatus for tracking processed meat provided to the public from the time the raw meat was handled by an initial production facility.
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1. A method of tracking processed meat provided to the public from the time the raw meat was handled by an initial production facility, comprising:
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providing a film configured to wrap food products; printing unique, sequential identifiers on the film to form a film with a plurality of labels thereon; providing a batch of meat to be processed; preparing a plurality of portions of processed meat from the batch of meat; wrapping each of the portions of processed meat with a portion of the film such that each portion has a separate label comprising one unique, sequential identifier to form a shippable meat product; recording the unique sequential identifiers of at least the first and last shippable meat product formed from the batch of meat to associate each shippable meat product from the batch with a separate unique identifier; and transferring the shippable meat product to a secondary production facility for further processing; slicing the shippable meat product into multiple saleable meat portions; and storing data correlating the multiple saleable meat portions to the unique, sequential identifier of the corresponding shippable meat product so that saleable meat portions can be traced back to the batch of meat used at the initial production facility. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of tracking processed meat provided to the public from the time the raw meat was handled by an initial production facility, comprising:
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providing a film configured to wrap food products; printing unique, sequential bar codes on the film using an inkjet printer to form a film with a plurality of labels thereon; providing a batch of meat to be processed; preparing a plurality of portions of processed meat from the batch of meat; wrapping each of the portions of processed meat with a portion of the film such that each portion has a separate label comprising one unique, sequential identifier to form a shippable meat product; scanning the unique sequential bar codes of at least the first and last shippable meat product formed from the batch of meat to associate at least the first and last shippable meat products from the batch with a separate unique, sequential bar code; storing data corresponding to at least the first and last shippable meat products in a searchable database; extrapolating and storing the data corresponding to the remaining shippable meat products which originated from the batch of meat transferring the shippable meat product to a secondary production facility for further processing; slicing the shippable meat product into multiple saleable meat portions; and storing data correlating the multiple saleable meat portions to the unique, sequential bar code of the corresponding shippable meat product so that saleable meat portions can be traced back to the batch of meat used at the initial production facility. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of tracking processed meat provided to the public from the time the raw meat was handled by an initial production facility, comprising:
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printing unique, sequential bar codes on a film to form a film with a plurality of labels thereon; providing a batch of meat to be processed; preparing a plurality of portions of processed meat from the batch of meat; wrapping each of the portions of processed meat with a portion of the film such that each portion has a separate label comprising one unique, sequential identifier to form a shippable meat product; scanning the unique sequential bar codes of at least the first and last shippable meat product formed from the batch of meat to associate at least the first and last shippable meat products from the batch with a separate unique, sequential bar code; storing data corresponding to at least the first and last shippable meat products in a searchable database; extrapolating and storing the data corresponding to the remaining shippable meat products which originated from the batch of meat; and transferring the shippable meat product to a secondary production facility for further processing. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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