Patent ID: 6104966
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: A22B,G06K,G06Q

Abstract:
A device for the tracking of primal meat products within a meat processing plant that has a killing floor and a cutting floor, comprising:a tracking system that collects data from both a killing floor and a cutting floor in a meat processing plant such that data collected from said killing floor and said cutting floor is combined for each individual primal meat product, said data consisting of information selected from the group consisting of:(a) hot scale weight average (by lot) and/or (by shift);(b) hog evaluation average (by lot) and/or (by shift);(c) average percent of lean meat per carcass (by lot) and/or (by shift);(c) number of hogs processed per shift;(e) number of records with missing weights per shift;(f) cold scale average weight (by lot) and/or (by shift);(g) average percent of carcass shrinkage (by lot) and/or (by shift);(h) estimated percent lean meat per carcass using a fat measuring device on the killing floor;(i) average hams per lot and per shift;(j) average shoulders per lot and per shift;(k) average ribs per lot and per shift;(l) average loins per lot and per shift, and(m) average bellies per lot and per shift;said tracking system comprising means for storing said data, said storing means able to associate a particular primal meat product with said data throughout the processing of said primal meat product, said primal meat product, when conveyed through said tracking system, requiring no physical manipulation by a human being.