ANSI 2233 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Myoglobin, Brisket, Pigment
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Drift: can be almost nothing or as much as 10% or more on a long haul such as from texas to. Drop: is everything from the animal except its carcass. Other names are offal, by-products and dress-off items. Slaughter: the process of killing the animal usually from a loss of blood. Dressing: refers to the steps needed to remove all of the drop items, leaving the hot carcass hanging on the rail. Dressing percent is very important to packers. Dressing percent is the percentage of pay weight that is represented by the carcass. Higher dressing percent the more carcass weight to sell. Things that affect dressing percentage: fill: contents of the gi tract. Has the most effect on affecting dressing percentage: fatness. Breaking loss: is the sawdust (bone and meat dust removed by saws), evaporation of moisture during breaking, and smearing of tissues on tables and conveyors. Inside skirt: is dropped to prevent cutting in half when ribbing the carcass.
