Slaughtering and processing of animal products

By-products are waste from the carcass that is not edible, but that can be processed in the manufacturing of other industry products.  Category  Example  Utilisation  Meat by products  Blood, lungs, heart, kidney,  brains, spleen and...

Abattoir waste Solid waste: Condemned carcasses Bones Condemned organs (livers, lungs, hearts and intestines) Horns Condemned hides   Hair Carcass trimmings   Fat Undigested feed and dung Unborn foetuses Liquid waste: Blood – the highest pollution load...

Bleeding Knives must be prepared and sharpened before the beginning of the slaughter operation and re-sharpened before the next animal. The time between stunning and slaughter must be kept as short as possible. Check that the animal is stunned effectively, before...

The objective of a good slaughtering process is to handle and slaughter the animal humanely and to process the carcass most hygienically and efficiently. The slaughterhouse process follows the following procedures: Preparing cattle for slaughter It is accepted that...