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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2009
Applicants:
Stacey Gould, Meeker, CO (US);
Rudy Steiner, Dodge City, KS (US);
Inventors:
Stacey Gould, Meeker, CO (US);
Rudy Steiner, Dodge City, KS (US);
Assignee:
Cargill, Incorporated, Wayzata, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B07C 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Meat trim portions are sorted by employing quantitative lean point analysis and one or more sorting steps. Embodiments of the present invention are adapted to make lean point determinations, to compare the determinations to one or more sorting parameters, and to direct meat trim portions to one of a plurality of containers based on the comparison. Meat trim portions from each container are subsequently processed into ground meat.