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By-product

Last Updated: May 14, 2012

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By-product- Are everything of value produced on the killing floor other than the dressed carcasses and are classified as edible and inedible.

Edible By-product:

  • livers
  • hearts
  • tongues
  • kidneys
  • brains
  • oxtails
  • sweetbreads
  • fats

Inedible By-product:

  • blood
  • bone
  • hair
  • horns and hooves
  • hides

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