METHOD FOR THE PREPARATORY TREATMENT OF SHIRRED ARTIFICIAL SAUSAGE SKINS

摘要

In the filling of artificial casings with comminuted material to form sausages, comprising pretreating a casing with a warm aqueous fluid, and thereafter filling said pretreated casing with said comminuted material while said casing is gathered in bellows form on the filling tube of a filling machine, the improvement which comprises effecting said pretreatment while said casing is on said filling tube. An apparatus therefor is provided whereby the fluid can be applied to the inside and/or outside of the casing.