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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2019
Applicant:
Devrone Unlimited Company, Ardee, IE;
Inventor:
Declan Arthur McDonnell, Blackrock, IE;
Assignee:
DEVRONE UNLIMITED COMPANY, Ardee, IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A22B 7/00 (2006.01); A22C 9/00 (2006.01); A22B 5/00 (2006.01); A22C 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A22B 7/002 (2013.01); A22B 5/0076 (2013.01); A22C 9/00 (2013.01); A22C 15/003 (2013.01);
Abstract
A meat quality and yield improvement process comprises hanging the hind leg(s) of a carcass and applying an additional pulling force of from 50 to 500 kgf to the leg and back muscles of the carcass. The additional force stretches the muscle filaments of the leg and back muscles and is maintained until rigor is complete. The hind leg(s) of the carcass may be hung at an angle of 90 to 170 degrees to the vertical.