Patent ID: 7828639

Claim:
A method for monitoring and tracking the processing of a plurality of meat items which originated from an animal, said processing utilizing instructions, said method comprising the steps of: performing one or more registering steps on at least one piece of meat of said plurality of meat items, said registering steps including at least one of: registering said one piece of meat, registering an identification of a supplier of said piece of meat, and/or registering an identification of the animal from which said piece of meat originated; allocating said piece of meat to one of a plurality of workstations; registering an identification of said one of said plurality of workstations; and processing said piece of meat into a plurality of meat cuttings at said one of said plurality of workstations utilizing said instructions, wherein traceability is established between one or more of said plurality of meat cuttings and the registered piece of meat, the identified supplier, and/or the identified animal.