An apparatus for weakening an attachment of a pin bone to muscle or adipose tissue in a fillet of fish. An electrode coupled to a power supply and in electrical contact with a first end of the pin bone conducts electrical current to the pin bone. The pin bone conducts the electrical current from the first end of the pin bone to a second end of the pin bone. The pin bone has an electrical current resistivity which causes Joule heating that produces sufficient heat in the connective tissue that attaches the pin bone to the muscle or adipose tissue in the fillet of fish to degrade or denature the connective tissue and thereby weaken the attachment of the pin bone to the muscle or adipose tissue.

The present invention relates to a method and a device for treating and/or transporting food items. The apparatus and method are designed to facilitate treating animals or food items in liquid. The device of the present invention is designed as a spiral shaped channel with one or more channels wound together around an axis. The apparatus of the present invention and the use thereof provides a method to heat or cool food items in a spiral shaped channel device.

The present invention relates to a method and a device for treating and/or transporting food items. The apparatus and method are designed to facilitate treating animals or food items in liquid. The device of the present invention is designed as a spiral shaped channel with one or more channels wound together around an axis. The apparatus of the present invention and the use thereof provides a method to heat or cool food items in a spiral shaped channel device.

This disclosure concerns methods for processing and grading food articles including x-raying the food articles a first time and taking a 3D image of the food articles.

This disclosure concerns methods for processing and grading food articles including x-raying the food articles a first time and taking a 3D image of the food articles.

A cutting apparatus for cutting an essentially V-shaped strip from meat products fed in a transport direction has a knife carrier to which two knife units are assigned. Each knife unit has a circular knife and a drive for rotationally driving the circular knife about a central axis of rotation. The two circular knives are set substantially in a V-shape to each other in a position enclosing an angle. An adjustable arrangement of the knife units provides for setting of the size of the angle. The offset of the two central axes of rotation to each other is equal to zero in the transport direction and the two knife units are adjustable exclusively synchronously with each other. A corresponding apparatus and method for cutting an essentially V-shaped strip from meat products fed in transport direction is also provided.

A fish descaling assembly includes a first panel that has a plurality of openings each extending through the first panel. Each of the openings has an ovoid boundary for having a fish positioned therein to restrain the fish. A first mesh screen is coupled to the first panel to support the fish when the fish are positioned in the openings. A second panel is hingedly coupled to the first panel and the second panel has a plurality of openings each extending through the second panel. Each of the openings in the second panel has an ovoid boundary to surround the fish when the second panel is closed onto the first panel. A second mesh screen is coupled to the second panel to support the fish when the fish are positioned in the openings in the second panel.

A fish descaling assembly includes a first panel that has a plurality of openings each extending through the first panel. Each of the openings has an ovoid boundary for having a fish positioned therein to restrain the fish. A first mesh screen is coupled to the first panel to support the fish when the fish are positioned in the openings. A second panel is hingedly coupled to the first panel and the second panel has a plurality of openings each extending through the second panel. Each of the openings in the second panel has an ovoid boundary to surround the fish when the second panel is closed onto the first panel. A second mesh screen is coupled to the second panel to support the fish when the fish are positioned in the openings in the second panel.

The invention provides a gutting device for gutting a fish along its abdominal cavity. A blade for cutting the fish open, and a shielding element are movably mounted on a controllable movable arm. The shielding element has a blunt tip, and it is arranged for being in: 1) a retracted position, where the shielding element allows the blade to cut the fish, 2) a tracking position, where the blunt tip of the shielding elements is inside the abdominal cavity of the fish, so as to track the end of the abdominal cavity of the fish, and 3) a shielding position, where the shielding element is pushed upwards by contact with the end of the abdominal cavity at a genital opening of the fish, thereby shielding the blade from further contact with the fish. This provides a precise method for without unintentionally damaging the fish.

The invention provides a gutting device for gutting a fish along its abdominal cavity. A blade for cutting the fish open, and a shielding element are movably mounted on a controllable movable arm. The shielding element has a blunt tip, and it is arranged for being in: 1) a retracted position, where the shielding element allows the blade to cut the fish, 2) a tracking position, where the blunt tip of the shielding elements is inside the abdominal cavity of the fish, so as to track the end of the abdominal cavity of the fish, and 3) a shielding position, where the shielding element is pushed upwards by contact with the end of the abdominal cavity at a genital opening of the fish, thereby shielding the blade from further contact with the fish. This provides a precise method for without unintentionally damaging the fish.