CHOPPED FORMED PORK

Brand	Owner (click to sort)	Address	Description
FLAVORLEAN	FARMLAND FOODS, INC.	3315 N. Oak Trafficway Kansas City MO 64116	CHOPPED AND FORMED PORK AND BACON STRIPS;
THE SLAB	Rymer Foods, Inc.	4600 S. Packers Avenue Chicago IL 60609	chopped and formed pork and beef products;
	Where the owner name is not linked, that owner no longer owns the brand

Technical Examples

Dual loin knife blade members, in the form of a Z-blade and two styles (tabbed and non-tabbed) of J-blades, for use with knife assemblies in loin pulling machines for pork processing operations. The Z-blade knife comprises a shelf portion of extended length, formed of two separately-shaped blade portions, to maximize to the allowable customer dimensional length specification for the meat shelf being cut, while not cutting into and exposing the red meat of the pork loin eye. The J-blade, of either the tabbed or non-tabbed style, includes lower sweeping radius blade portions allowing the J-blade to lie closely adjacent and generally conform to the profile of the underlying split conveyor belt bed shape. The profiles for the present Z-blades and J-blades permit substantially increased yield in pork loin processing operations, reduced subsequent hand-trimming labor, as well as extended blade wear. A method is also disclosed for manufacturing the Z-blades and J-blades, resulting in increased wear, less surface drag on blade-related components and minimizing premature tab breakage on the tabbed-style J-blades.