Verfahren zur Zartmachung von Fleisch vor dem Schlachten.

摘要

A method of pre-tenderising meat is provided which involves stunning an animal (1) with a mechanical stunning pistol (6) to cause brain death, infusing a proteolytic enzyme (such as papain bromelain or ficin for example) into the animal under gravity with a syringe (7) whilst the animal's heart is still beating and then bleeding the animal in order to stop the heart beating after a suitable time has elapsed for the enzyme to be distributed within the vascular system of the animal. The enzyme can be infused more easily when the animal is in a prone position, and the process is faster and more humane than prior art processes in which the enzyme was injected into the conscious animal.