meat processing
Turning carcasses into cuts
Meat processing is the transformation of slaughtered animals into food products—cutting, curing, smoking, grinding, or otherwise preparing meat for sale or consumption.
The term covers everything from butchering a carcass into cuts to manufacturing hot dogs and deli meats.
The meat processing plant employed three hundred workers.
Industrial meat processing often involves additives, preservatives, and mechanical separation.
- skinningRemoving outer covering
- deboningRemoving skeletal structure
- vacuum packsAir-removed sealed containers
- traceability systemsMethods for following item histories
- eviscerationRemoving internal organs
smoking · humane slaughter · shrink wrapping · bleeding · salting · stunning · abattoir · kill floor · filleting · butchery · cutting room · slaughterhouse · food safety · slicers · fermenting · grinding · brining · cold chain logistics
- food industryrestaurants, eateries, fast food, cafeterias, catering
- food processingcanning, freezing, drying, packaging, pasteurization
- industriesbusiness, factories, education, health, supply chain
- Meat Industrybeef, pork, chicken, poultry, bacon
- butcherybutcher, butchering, beef, slaughter, pork chops
- Midwest Economycorn farming, wheat farming, grain elevators, farm equipment, John Deere
meat processinglivestock farming
Breeding animals for food
animal husbandry · cattle ranching · cooking · food preparation · culinary arts