Patent ID: 8820534
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: A22C,B07C

Abstract:
1. Method of processing of meat trim products, where trim products are supplied as a sequence of discrete collections of trim (COTs), each collection of trim (COT) comprising a plurality of trim products, comprising the steps of: measuring a fat/meat relationship for a collection of trim (COT), transferring a collection of trim (COT) to a selected station by a separator, controlled by a controller, and completing a batch at a selected station on the basis of data for said fat/meat relationship, said batch comprising one or more collections of trim (COTs) and fulfilling a predetermined criterion regarding a total fat/meat relationship, wherein measured and/or calculated data including data relating to the fat/meat relationship desired to complete said batch at said selected station is provided as a feedback data to a trim source which supplies collections of trim (COTs), where the trim source, in response to said feedback data, supplies one or more collections of trim (COTs) with appropriate fat/meat relationships to complete said batch according to said desired fat/meat relationship.