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.

A meat processing device for defining a uniform shape of a pork belly, and including a frame, a shoulder defining a confinement space with the frame, and a tine and a retaining member for securing the meat in the confinement space.

The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for the production of foods, in particular, a stuffing machine for the production of sausages, with a load circuit that generates a leakage current IA and with a filter, a frequency converter, a motor cable and a motor. The apparatus comprises a leakage current compensator with a device for detecting a leakage current and a device for generating a compensation current that is directed opposite to the leakage current and is superimposed with the leakage current, such that the leakage current is reduced, is in particular substantially eliminated.

A meat processing device for defining a uniform shape of a pork belly, and including a frame, a shoulder defining a confinement space with the frame, and a tine for securing the meat in the confinement space. A cover may be joined to the frame to further define the confinement space, and may releasably engage the shoulder for a secure confinement of the pork belly.

An apparatus for loading and unloading slices of bacon includes a loading portion including: a motor-driven conveying arrangement arranged to convey the slices of fresh bacon; a first motor-driven conveyor arranged to convey the seasoning hooks; a second motor-driven conveyor arranged to receive the seasoning hooks loaded with the slices of fresh bacon, and to move away the seasoning hooks from the loading zone; and a manipulator device configured to load onto the seasoning hooks the slices of fresh bacon. The apparatus further includes: an unloading portion including a motor-driven conveying arrangement, arranged to convey the seasoning hooks, loaded with the slices of seasoned bacon; and a manipulator device cooperating with the conveying arrangement to unload/extract one hook after another of the seasoning hooks from the slices of seasoned bacon.

Provided is a stick turning device capable of turning a stick on which a chain of sausages is suspended while reducing defects in the sausages when delivering the stick from an upstream device to a downstream device. The stick turning device includes a turning arm unit, a turning driving unit, and an actuator unit. The turning driving unit causes the turning arm unit to turn at a predetermined angle around a turning shaft. The actuator unit lifts the turning arm unit such that both ends of the stick are horizontally picked up from the upstream device and the stick is lifted, and such that by bringing the stick close to the turning shaft, a peripheral speed of the stick is reduced with respect to a turning speed of the turning driving unit, and defects in the sausages are reduced, and lowers the stick turned by the turning driving unit.

A poultry leg meat slit-forming device includes: an ankle holding part configured to hold an ankle of bone-in poultry leg meat cut from a femur of a poultry carcass; a blade unit having a slit-forming blade; an inserting driving part configured to drive the blade unit such that an blade tip of the slit-forming blade is inserted into the poultry leg meat along an opposite side with respect to a kneecap in a tibia among the poultry leg meat held on the ankle holding part; and a leg meat pressing part configured to elastically press a surface of the poultry leg meat from a side of the kneecap.

A cutting system is provided for cutting carcass parts while the carcass parts are carried by carriers connected to and moved by an overhang transport system. A detection device is provided for determining a cutting position of an incoming carcass part. At least one cutting device having an upwardly and downwardly facing surface structure is provided and a moving mechanism is mechanically connected to the at least one cutting device for controlling the position of the at least one cutting device on the basis of the determined cutting position. A carcass displacement device is arranged to initiate displacement of the carcass part away from the at least one cutting position while the carcass part or a resulting sub-part carried by a carrier and is located between the upstream cutting edge and the downstream edge.

The present invention relates to a system and a method for producing sausage-shaped products, like sausages, containing a flowable filling material in a tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing and a suspension element, like a suspension loop. The system includes a clipping machine for producing the sausage-shaped products, a discharge device for discharging the sausage-shaped products out of the clipping machine and a feeding device for feeding a rod-like element into a loading position in which the sausage-shaped products are stored on the rod-like element by the discharge device.

The present invention relates to a system and a method for producing sausage-shaped products, like sausages, containing a flowable filling material in a tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing and a suspension element, like a suspension loop. The system includes a clipping machine for producing the sausage-shaped products, a discharge device for discharging the sausage-shaped products out of the clipping machine and a feeding device for feeding a rod-like element into a loading position in which the sausage-shaped products are stored on the rod-like element by the discharge device.