Method for processing an animal carcass and apparatus for providing electrical stimulation

摘要

A method for processing an animal carcass comprising (a) providing an animal carcass having a midsection and anterior and posterior end sections, the anterior and posterior end sections having muscles that are thicker than muscles provided in the midsection; (b) focusing electric current along the animal carcass midsection to provide an animal carcass having electrically stimulated muscles in the midsection and non-electrically stimulated muscles in the anterior and posterior end sections and further cooling the carcass to provide internal muscle temperature of less than 40°F within 48 hours of slaughter. The electrical stimulus can be used to accelerate rigor mortis in the thinner sections of muscle to increase the quality of the meat.