A Method of Animal Processing

• US 20160073646A1
• Filed: 04/24/2014
• Published: 03/17/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nolchiri Innovations Limited
• Original Assignee: Nolchiri Innovations Limited
• Inventors: Riley, James Henry
• Application Number:
  US14/786,600
• Publication Number:
  US 20160073646A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A22B 3/06 Slaughtering or stunning by electric current electric circuits therefor H05C
• CPC Class Codes: A22B 3/12 Kosher slaughtering devices
• CPC Class Codes: A22B 5/0005 Eviscerating devices, e.g. removing rectum, anus, intestines, brain tissue, hypophysis for poultry A22C21/06; for fish A22C25/14
• CPC Class Codes: A22B 5/0017 Apparatus for cutting, dividing or deboning carcasses
• CPC Class Codes: A22B 5/0076 Chilling or lowering the temperature of carcasses
• CPC Class Codes: A22B 5/0082 Cleaning, washing or disinfecting carcasses disinfecting poultry carcasses A22C21/0061
• CPC Class Codes: A22B 5/16 Skinning instruments or knives
• CPC Class Codes: A22B 5/18 Cleaning the stomach of slaughtered animals
• CPC Class Codes: A23B 4/06 Freezing; Subsequent thawing; Cooling
• CPC Class Codes: A23B 4/07 Thawing subsequent to freezing
• CPC Class Codes: A23B 4/08 with addition of chemicals or treatment with chemicals before or during cooling , e.g. in the form of an ice coating or frozen block
• CPC Class Codes: A23B 4/24 Inorganic compounds
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2002/00 Food compositions, function of food ingredients or processes for food or foodstuffs

Abstract

A method of processing a plurality of animal carcasses in an industrial processing plant comprising removing substantially all the blood from the two or more animal carcasses, then refrigerating or freezing the animal carcasses prior to hide removal and evisceration.

Claims

1. A method of processing a plurality of animal carcasses in an industrial processing plant, the method comprising the steps of:

removing substantially all the blood from the plurality of animal carcasses, then freezing at least a part of the animal carcasses prior to hide removal and evisceration.

3. The method of processing an animal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the carcasses are at least partly frozen using internal and/or external application of a low temperature fluid of between 0°

C. and −

51°

C.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, the animal hides remain substantially intact following blood removal.

7. The method for processing animal carcasses as claimed in claim 1, the method further comprising the steps of:

a) stunning an animal;

b) removing blood from the animal carcass;

c) evacuating the stomach; and

d) freezing at least part of the animal carcass

wherein the hide remains substantially intact on the animal or animal carcass throughout steps a) to d).

8. The method of processing animal carcasses as claimed in claim 1, for each animal/animal carcass the method further comprising the steps of:

a) removing blood from the animal carcass;

b) evacuating the stomach;

c) evacuating the colon;

d) flushing colon with disinfectant solution;

e) washing and sanitization of carcass hide;

f) rinsing carcass; and

g) freezing at least part of the animal carcass

wherein the hide remains substantially intact on the animal or animal carcass throughout steps a) to g).

9. The method for processing animal carcasses as claimed in claim 8, the method further comprising one or more of the steps of;

a) stunning the animals prior to blood removal;

b) following freezing, removal of the animal hide;

c) following freezing, evisceration and/or offal removal; and

d) following freezing, boning of the carcasses.

13. The method as claimed in claim 1, the method including the step of evacuating and flushing the stomach and/or colon with fluid through the oesophagus.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the stomach and/or colon is fully or partially evacuated using a suction mechanism.

21. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the carcasses are externally and/or internally at least partly frozen using a low temperature liquid solution.

23. The method as claimed in claim 21, wherein the freezing step comprises submerging or partially submerging the carcass in a low temperature liquid, bath or series of low temperature liquid baths;

and/or internal freezing by internal flushing with a low temperature liquid solution.

24. The method as claimed in claim 23 wherein the freezing step comprises applying a low temperature liquid spray or series of low temperature liquid sprays to the animal carcass.

25. The method as claimed in claim 23, wherein the carcasses are at least partly frozen using a low temperature liquid of between 0°

C. and −

51°

C.

27. The method as claimed in claim 21, wherein the carcasses are submerged in one or more low temperature liquid baths until the deep carcass temperature is reduced to between 7°

C. and −

20°

C.

28. The method as claimed in claim 21, wherein the carcasses are at least partly frozen with a low temperature liquid spray until the deep carcass temperature is reduced to between 7°

C. and −

20°

C.

31. The method of claim 23, wherein following external and internal freezing using low temperature liquid solution, the carcasses are dried in an air chiller at −

1.7°

C.

32. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the carcasses are at least partly frozen using air freezing methods.

36. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of thawing the animal carcass.

37. A method of thawing the frozen animal carcass processed according to claim 1 wherein the method further comprises:

receiving the frozen animal carcass, and

thawing the frozen animal carcass by applying heat to the frozen animal carcass.

41. An animal carcass processed using the method claimed in claim 1.

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