Intact gastro-intestinal tract removal from pig carcasses in a novel Meat Factory Cell approach

Abstract Conventional automated slaughter lines for pigs are organised as disassembly lines with many specialised machines. High costs and capacities make them relevant only for large scale meat production. The ambition with the novel Meat Factory Cell (MFC) concept is to provide the meat industry w...

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Main Authors: Ole Alvseike, Miguel Prieto, Per Håkon Bjørnstad, Alex Mason
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-08-01
Series:Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13028-020-00546-y