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Meat

Last Updated: May 11, 2012

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Meat- The tissues of the animal body that are used for food. There are 13 classes meat can separated into.

Meat Classes:

  • Skeletal Meat
  • Heart Meat
  • Tongue Meat
  • Esophagus Meat
  • Meat Trimmings
  • Fatty Meat Trimmings
  • Mechanically Deboned Meet for Rendering
  • Rendered Meat
  • Cooked Rendered Meat for Processing

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