PROCESSING OF MEAT PRODUCTION WASTE INTO ANIMAL FEED

During the slaughter and primary processing of animals, production of sausages, canned food, medicines and other products, meat processing plants, meat processing shops, slaughterhouses and other enterprises working with meat raw materials receive a significant amount of raw materials that are considered production waste - non-food raw materials. According to sanitary requirements, it cannot be used for food purposes. It is processed into animal feed or utilized. The amount of non-food meat raw materials ranges from 12...30% of the live weight of animals in meat and fat production during primary processing of livestock and 2...10% in the production of semi-finished products and sausages. It quickly deteriorates, becomes biohazardous, and loses quality. Therefore, if accumulation is necessary, non-food meat raw materials should be stored separately, not in contact with the environment, polluting it and negatively affecting workers. Processed non-food meat products such as industrial fat and dry animal feed also require special storage conditions. Depending on the capacity of the enterprise, the amount of meat raw materials unsuitable for food purposes, the technical equipment of the production, and the economic feasibility of its processing, different technologies and, accordingly, different processing equipment are used. It should ensure high-quality processing of a wide range of different types of meat, and be maximally adapted to the formation of technological lines with closed transport devices. Processing must be carried out in compliance with veterinary and sanitary rules and legal requirements. It is only possible to design modern technological lines for processing meat production waste into animal feed in accordance with the existing environmental safety requirements based on the results of new scientific research and the introduction of innovative engineering developments.