3. Contents
What is Meat and types?
Poultry
Why Poultry is used for ?
Slaughtering / Process
Traditional Methods For Slaughtering
Modern Methods For Slaughtering
Export
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4. What is Meat and Types of Meat?
The edible portion of mammals which contains muscles , fat ,
bone , connective tissue, and water (includes meat from cattle,
swine and sheep)
Types
A. Cattle- Meat of steers and heifers
1.Beef Cattle- over 1 year when slaughtered
2.Veal Cattle- 3 to 14 weeks when slaughtered
3.Calf Cattle- 14 weeks to 1 year when slaughtered
4.Bright Cherry red color with external layers of fat
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5. B. Pork- The Meat of Swine
• Hogs / Pigs not more than 1 year when slaughtered
• Prohibited for Muslims
• Grayish pink /rose color
C. Sheep
Lamb-smallest animal used for meat with age 14
months
• Pinkish/red color with fine texture
Mutton-meat from
older sheep with age
2 years , dark red color
meat
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6. Poultry Processing
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Poultry" can be defined as domestic fowls, including
chickens, turkeys, geese and ducks, raised for the
production of meat or eggs and the word is also used for
the flesh of these birds used as food.
Poultry meat is a good source of protein and has a lipid
content and low calorific value. It is palatable, tender and
easily digestible.
7. Why Poultry is Used for?
High in protein
Low in fat
Excellent source of essential amino acids
Also a good source of –Phosphorus, iron, copper, zinc,
B vitamins (12 & 6)
Dark meat and skin are higher in fat than white
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9. Slaughtering
Slaughtering refers to killing of domestic livestock.
The slaughter involves some initial cutting, opening
the major body cavities to remove the entrails but
usually leaving the carcass in one piece. Later, the
carcass is usually butchered into smaller cuts.
Slaughtering is done by two methods:
1. Traditional method
2. Modern method
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10. Traditional Methods
1.Kosher
• A Jewish method ,only sheep, goat, cattle, deer and poultry
slaughtered, cuts throughout tissues and vessels from neck
with sharp knife. (Hallaf)
2.Jhatka
• Practiced by Sikhs.
• Head is completely removed with a sharp sword in one
stroke then bleed to drain blood properly
3.Halal
Muslims method of slaughtering , keep animal in direction
of Mecca , awake at time of slaughtering , deep cut from
neck with reciting “Bismillah” (in God’s name)
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12. Modern methods of slaughtering
1.Procurement
2.Lairage
3. Ante-mortem Inspection
4. Stunning (Captive, CO2 Method, Electrical stuning)
5. Sticking by 3 methods:
a) Manually using knife
b) ) Slaughtering cone
c) c) Box method
6. Bleeding
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13. 7. Scalding
a) Dip scald
b) Spray scald
8. Picking
a) Hand picking
b) Use of knife with blunt edge
c) Mechanical method
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14. 9. Pinning
10. Singeing
11. Evisceration/Cropping and Venting
12. Post mortem inspection
Washing
Chilling and Draining
Grading
Packaging
Storage
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17. Export
Pakistan is in top 10 beef and veal meat producers in world but ranked 19th
from all over the world by exporting meat
Pakistan exported meat to China, Middle East, Russia, Iran and Central Asian
countries.
In Pakistan, per capita use of meat is around 32 kg as compared to developed
world, where per capita meat consumption reached to 93 kg as lead by
Australia followed by USA.
Better facilities are available such as slaughter houses , blood collection with
vacuum, scalding equipment, rapid cooling system, Grading methods, Chilled
Storage, and implication of HACCP.
Globally, major meat supplier are non-Muslims countries such as Australia,
Brazil, Canada, USA, Argentine, New Zealand and France
Pakistan’s meat industry is reached to $ 244 million in Year 2015 from $ 14
million in Year 2003 showing overall growth of 27%.
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