meat (redirected from Meat and bone meal)

meat

1. flesh and other tissues of farm animals for human consumption.

2. the edible parts of nuts or fruit seeds. Called also kernels.

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meat and bone meal

meat meal that contains more than 4.4% phosphorus because bones have been included; used as a protein feed supplement.

conditionally admissible meat

see freibank system.

meat inspection

examination of all meat sold for human consumption to ensure that it is wholesome and free from any disease that might be communicated from the animals to humans. Includes antemortem examination of the living animal, examination of the carcass, the head and the viscera.

meat intoxication

hepatic encephalopathy.

meat juice ELISA

a serological test for Salmonella spp. that measures the presence of antibody in 'meat juice' collected from the diaphragm after slaughter. Widely used in Europe for monitoring infection prevalence and herd status in national control/eradication programs for salmonella infection in pig herds.

knackers' meat

meat from animals dead on arrival or of insufficient quality to go into the human food chain; killed at a separate establishment. It is not always possible to keep this meat separate from butcher's meat—illegal substitutions are serious offenses but the rewards are high.

meat meal

a by-product of meat-packing or abattoir industries containing about 50% protein but varying depending on the material included and whether preparation is by a wet-cooking or tankage process, or a dry-cooking method. A popular protein supplement for all classes of livestock. Use for food-producing animals now restricted because of the risk of transmitting the agents causing spongiform encephalopathies.

mechanically recovered meat

meat harvested by putting a carcass through an industrial process to separate it from the bones, instead of carving it off by hand knife.

meat packing plant

abattoir.