PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR CHOPPING AND PRE-PACKING OF CHOPPED MEAT UNDER CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE AND TEMPERATURE AND THEIR USE IN THE PREPARATION OF CHOPPED MEAT FROM THE CARCASSES OF POULTRY

摘要

The installation comprises two choppers 2-3 housed in a main enclosure 1 where the trays are introduced (conveyor 8). A controlled feed 101 of low temperature pressurized carbon dioxide is provided at the level of the choppers and a controlled evacuation 102 is provided at the level of the shaping device 6. The device for closing the trays by means of a sheet of plastic material is housed in an auxiliary enclosure 100 adjacent to the main enclosure 1 and comprising a controlled feed 103 and evacuation 104 of an additional gaseous packaging mixture. IMAGE