Meat and its products are an essential part of the diet in many nations, particularly in the developed ones. As the below flow chart suggests, the life cycle of meat products commences with livestock production. Basic steps in this part of the cycle are stunning and bleeding, hide removal and hide treatment, evisceration, and carcass dressing. Products like carcasses and boned- meat, and edible by-products are processed into unique products in other meat processing plants or are immediately packaged and retailed. Lastly, it should be considered that in animal carcass disposal plants, the material used and the waste material is processed mainly by the pressing process following heating.
