RU2275810C2 - Safe method for slaughtering of livestock for meat - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: meat industry.

SUBSTANCE: method involves softly cutting recess transverse to animal's highly tightened skin, muscular tissue, trachea, esophagus, jugular veins and cephalic artery; keeping animal for 2-3 days in pan and feeding only with fodder feeds without water; performing mentioned procedures in safety corridors and attracting animal by kind treatment and feeding slightly salted sweet water; washing animal by means of shower equipment with warm water; restricting animal's actions by mounting bars forward, rearward and behind knee joint of fore and hind limbs; putting U-shaped yoke with support onto neck part of animal's head. Procedures for cutting of mentioned organs are carried out by operator standing behind fence. Method further involves suspending bleeding animal's body with its portions above hind limb knees in hooks of crane mechanism and transferring animal's body to zones wherein skinning, removal of interiors and cutting of carcass into parts are performed.

EFFECT: improved quality of meat products.

4 cl, 1 dwg

Description

The invention relates to the meat industry, namely, to a safe method for the humane slaughter of large beef cattle in order to obtain high-quality meat food products.

In conditions of environmental degradation, the health of large beef cattle and their slaughter in compliance with safety requirements and industrial sanitation is given increased attention.

There are various methods of slaughter, including the use of preliminary electro-suppression devices and with humane fixation in a safe structure.

The prototype of the present invention is a method for producing a food product by bleeding a meat animal - cattle, comprising a soft incision across a tightly stretched neck with dissection of the skin, muscle tissue, trachea, esophagus, jugular veins and carotid artery. This method in relation to animals eliminates any cruel acts, the basic principle being humane treatment of animals before slaughter and preventing the manifestation of cruelty during the performance of the ritual. During slaughter, animals must be watered, fed and well fixed. The fixing means used in this case must meet all the requirements of the ritual slaughter of livestock. The known method with a certain fixation can provide the possibility of obtaining meat food products of an animal with a healthy, not disturbed during slaughter mentality and conserved natural energy.

The disadvantage of this prototype is only a reminder of fixation, and there are no specific technical solutions to ensure safe work (articles by Seregin, IG “Cattle meat: ritual methods of slaughtering livestock.” - Meat industry. 1999, No. 6, pp. 19-21. )

The aim of the invention is to obtain high-quality meat products from animals with healthy, not disturbed during slaughter mentality and preserved natural energy in a safe, humane way, compliance with modern safety requirements and industrial sanitation.

To ensure safety from possible aggressive actions of cattle, a device is used consisting of two parallel block fences, forming a narrow corridor where the animal is lured for reliable, safe fixation before slaughter.

To reduce vigilance, the animal with caress is served with salted drinking water, bathed in the shower with warm, disinfecting water (from the hose), the possibility of aggressive actions with the legs and head is limited, for which, across the front and rear legs, front and rear, above the knee joint, through the openings of the side , paving barriers are pushed through the bars (poles), and a U-shaped claw is placed on the neck of the head, covering the neck from above and on the sides, mounted on a transverse support, with the ability to slide between vertical posts. After a reliable, safe fixation of the animal in a comfortable position, the specialist standing at the hole behind the fence cuts the mentioned organs in the neck with a sharp knife. Blood is collected in a container, for example, in a milk flask with a funnel, which is substituted before the process of cutting these organs. A bloodless animal is suspended in the hooks of a crane mechanism that moves along a rail above the corridor of fences, hooking a hook into an incision above the knees of the hind legs, and is transferred to skinning and internal organs, as well as carcasses cut into parts for packaging and cooling.

The drawing shows a diagram of a safe method for the humane slaughter of cattle for meat.

The direction of entry of the animal input into the narrow corridor K> the device, the columns of the side parallel fences 1, 2 with the bars attached to them, forming a narrow corridor K>, the transverse bars (poles) 3.4, fixing the immobility of the legs, U-shaped claw 5, columns 6 of the transverse support 7, the claw 5, the transverse support 7 of the claw 5, the crane mechanism 8 on the rail track of the crane mechanism 9, the workplace of the slaughter specialist 10, the working hole 11.

Cattle with caress are lured into a narrow corridor K>, formed from two parallel block fences 1,2, with the supply of salted drinking water (20-30 g. NaCl per 5 l of water) with dishes suspended on the hook of the crane mechanism 8, bathing with warm disinfecting water flowing through the hose, securely fixing the animal in the corridor K> with bars (poles) 3.4 by pushing them in front and behind across the front and rear legs above the knee joint and into the holes between the posts at the side rails 1,2, with a compartment on the neck parts of the head P- 5 braznoy claws on a transverse support 7 moving up and down between the vertical pillars 6 securely covering the animal's neck at the top and on the sides. The slaughter specialist at the workplace 10, through the holes 11, cuts with a knife the aforementioned animal organs in the cervical part, waiting for his reassurance after fixing in the slaughter place 10.

The invention is intended for use in private, collective farms and at enterprises of the local agricultural sector.

Claims (4)

1. A method for slaughtering cattle, comprising a soft incision across the neck with dissection of the skin, muscle tissue, trachea, esophagus, jugular veins and carotid artery of the animal, characterized in that during preparation for slaughter it is kept for 2-3 days in the pen on roughage without water, for slaughter, they lure them into a narrow safety corridor, consisting of two block fences, caressing and supplying salted drinking water, in the corridor they limit the possibility of aggressive actions of the animal with his legs and head, for which across the front and rear og, in the front and back above the knee joint, the bars are pushed through the holes in the guards and a U-shaped claw is mounted on the neck, fixed on a support across the corridor, sliding along vertical posts, after reliable, safe fixation in a comfortable position, the animal is cut with the sharp knife mentioned above organs. 2. The method of slaughtering cattle according to claim 1, characterized in that in order to reduce vigilance it is bathed in the shower with warm, disinfecting water supplied by a hose. 3. The method of slaughtering cattle according to claim 1, characterized in that a container is substituted for the place of blood flow. 4. The method of slaughtering cattle according to claim 1, characterized in that the bloodless body of the animal is suspended in the hooks of the crane mechanism, hooking it with a hook into the incision above the knees of the hind legs, and transferring it to skinning and internal organs, as well as carcass cutting parts for packaging and cooling.