WO2001005238A1 - Marquage de produits d'origine animale - Google Patents

Marquage de produits d'origine animale Download PDF

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WO2001005238A1
WO2001005238A1 PCT/NL2000/000496 NL0000496W WO0105238A1 WO 2001005238 A1 WO2001005238 A1 WO 2001005238A1 NL 0000496 W NL0000496 W NL 0000496W WO 0105238 A1 WO0105238 A1 WO 0105238A1
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Harry Logtenberg
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Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast-Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek Tno
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A22—BUTCHERING; MEAT TREATMENT; PROCESSING POULTRY OR FISH
    • A22C—PROCESSING MEAT, POULTRY, OR FISH
    • A22C17/00—Other devices for processing meat or bones
    • A22C17/10—Marking meat or sausages

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  • the present application relates to a method for marking a product of substantially animal origin.
  • Products of animal origin are intended, in particular, to mean meat products, for example made from cows, pigs, chickens and other poultry, but also from fish. Hides and leather produced therefrom can also be considered to be products of this type.
  • the present invention relates to the marking of (meat) products which are obtained during the slaughtering of animals.
  • slaughter products is generally known from the prior art and is carried out in particular in order that it should subsequently be possible to determine the origin of the product, where the product was processed and, if appropriate, when a specific product was processed.
  • a meat product is provided on the outer side with a plurality of incisions which lie at a distance from one another, run parallel to one another and together form a type of bar code .
  • the bar code can be read by means of a reader. In the process, the meat product moves past the reader and the code is read along a line which is substantially at right angles to the bar code.
  • this readable one-dimensional code has drawbacks. Firstly this one-dimensional code only has a limited number of coding options, since only the distance between the incisions, the coding elements, can be used as variable for the coding. In recent times, however, requirements relating to the possibility of tracing the origin of slaughter products have become increasingly stringent, so that ever more different types and larger quantities of information have to be recorded in the code on the slaughter product. To make the current bar code suitable for this large amount of differing information, the bar code has to be so long, that it is practically impossible to apply to the product.
  • the known one-dimensional code has the drawback that in the case of soft, readily deformable products, such as meat, the distance between adjacent coding elements (bars) may change as a result of deformation of the product, so that the meaning of the code changes unintentionally.
  • the object of the present invention is to offer a solution to the above drawbacks, so that soft (slaughtered) products, in particular meat products, can be reliably coded.
  • the invention provides a method in which a readable two-dimensional code is applied to the product.
  • a two-dimensional code in which the coding elements are positioned in an associated coding area, it is possible to accommodate much more information on the product in a similar or considerably smaller amount of space than with the current bar code.
  • Another significant advantage is that it is possible to compensate for any deformation of the code caused by deformation of the product during the read-out, since it is now easily possible to incorporate a reference feature relating to the length and width of the coding area in the code.
  • Fig. 1 shows a view of part of a slaughter product which has been marked in accordance with the invention
  • Fig. 2 diagrammatically depicts a first device for marking a slaughter product in accordance with the invention.
  • Fig. 3 diagrammatically depicts a second device for marking a slaughter product according to the invention.
  • Fig. 1 1 diagrammatically depicts a slaughter product in the form of part of a pig's trotter.
  • a two-dimensional code 2 in the form of a dot code 2 is shown on the pig's trotter 1.
  • the code 2 is applied to the outer side of the pig's trotter in a coding area 5.
  • the dotted line is preferably not actually present on the slaughter product, so that only a pattern of dots can be seen.
  • the dot code 2 is formed by a pattern of coding elements in the form of holes 3, 4 which are arranged selectively in the pig's trotter 1.
  • the code may be composed of a pattern of reference coding elements 4 and variable coding elements 3.
  • the reference coding elements 4 are always applied and are arranged in such a manner with respect to one another that any deformation of the coding area 5 can be determined during the read-out.
  • the variable coding elements 3 form the actual code.
  • the code which is shown in Fig. 1 is a matrix of 6x6 coding elements 3 , 4.
  • the coding elements 4 are arranged at the corners of the matrix and correspond to the reference coding elements 4.
  • the reference coding elements 4 determine where the coding area 5 is located.
  • the position of the reference coding elements 4 with respect to one another can also be used to determine the extent to which the coding area 5 has been deformed.
  • the position of the reference coding elements 4 can be used to determine where the other coding elements 3 may be.
  • the two-dimensional nature of the dot code 2 stems from the fact that the code 2 has to be read in a coding area 5 and not in a line as in a known bar code.
  • a bar code 2 it is possible, for example, to mark a pig at a plurality of locations and, after the various parts of the pig have been cut up, to trace the origin of the slaughter product 1 at all times.
  • a dot code 2 has been applied in the form of blind holes 3, 4 in the slaughter product 1.
  • the code 2 may, for example, be applied by punching the holes, cutting or drilling the holes, or by water- jet cutting, water-jet drilling or burning of holes. Other techniques for burning in holes are also possible (for example laser burning) .
  • the holes may run all the way through the product or may be designed as blind holes.
  • the code 2 is obtained by applying a marking agent at suitable locations on or in the vicinity of a surface of the product 1.
  • the marking agent used may, for example, be an ink which is suitable for consumption.
  • the ink may, for example, be applied to the product by means of an ink-jet printer.
  • the code it is also possible for the code to be obtained by applying ink beneath the surface, in which case the depth of application is selected in such a manner that the ink can be detected on the surface of the product . In particular, this could involve, for example, a tattooing technique .
  • the ink it is also possible for the ink to be detectable only in the event of a radiation with optical radiation within a defined wavelength range. Consideration may be given, for example, to fluorescent ink which only shows up under specific incident light.
  • the code is applied to a surface of the product by means of a sticker, in which case the sticker is made from starch.
  • the sticker is made from starch.
  • Fig. 1 shows a dot code 2 in the form of a matrix of 6x6 dots.
  • a matrix of 6x6 dots can display approximately 1 million different codes.
  • a matrix of 7x7 dots can display more than 4 billion different codes.
  • a different size of matrix (for example 4x4, 4x5, 5x5, etc.) can be adopted according to the number of different codes which are to be displayed.
  • Fig. 2 diagrammatically depicts a device for marking a product of substantially animal origin, in particular a slaughter product, comprising a material-removal unit 10 for removing material at a surface of the product in such a manner that a readable two-dimensional code is obtained.
  • the material- removal unit 10 comprises a matrix of cutters 11 which are arranged on a guide plate 12. Each cutter 11 is of tubular design, the outer ends 13 of the cutter 11 being provided with a cutting edge.
  • the second plane 15 lies above the guide surface 12 and above the first plane 14.
  • the cutters 11 and the guide surface 12 are pressed as a unit against the slaughter product 1, and the outer ends 13 of the cutters 11 which are in the second plane 15 press into the slaughter product 1 and thus remove part of the slaughter product.
  • the code is formed by a pattern of blind holes which remain behind in the slaughter product 1.
  • Fig. 3 shows a second embodiment of a material-removal unit 20.
  • tubular cutters 21 with outer ends 23 are illustrated.
  • the cutters 21 are accommodated in a guide surface 22.
  • Each tubular cutter 21 can be selectively driven in rotation about its longitudinal axis, as indicated by arrow 24, by means of a drive unit (not shown) .
  • the material-removal unit 20 is pressed against the slaughter product and the cutters 21 which form the code are driven in rotation. If the pressure which the material-removal unit 20 exerts on the slaughter product is set at a suitable level, only the cutters 21 which are being driven in rotation in the direction of arrow 24 will actually make an incision in the slaughter product. The cutters which are not rotating will only push against the slaughter product without cutting further into the latter.
  • a control unit can activate a number of drive units in a known way, in order to apply a code to the slaughter product.
  • the direction of rotation of the cutters 21 (in Fig. 3) indicated by arrow 24 is not restricted to the direction of rotation illustrated.
  • the code 2 is generally applied after an inspection of the slaughter product 1, in order to prevent cross-contamination.
  • this second embodiment of the device will preferably be used for meat products which, unlike hides or leather, for example, are soft and only yield elastically when punched. If the cutters 21 are made to rotate, there will actually be a cutting movement which cuts the code out of the product .

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L'invention concerne un procédé de marquage d'un produit (1) d'origine sensiblement animale, en particulier un produit de boucherie (1). Ledit procédé consiste à appliquer un code intelligible bidimensionnel (2) sur le produit (1). L'invention concerne également un dispositif de marquage d'un produit d'origine sensiblement animale, en particulier un produit de boucherie, comprenant une unité (10, 20) d'élimination de matière, servant à éliminer toute matière afin d'appliquer un code intelligible bidimensionnel (2) sur une surface du produit.
PCT/NL2000/000496 1999-07-16 2000-07-14 Marquage de produits d'origine animale WO2001005238A1 (fr)

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WO2003009979A1 (fr) * 2001-06-21 2003-02-06 Richard Bass Appareil d'estampage du cuir
GB2406779A (en) * 2003-10-10 2005-04-13 Jose Barbosa Machado Neto Marking or engraving means applied to meat
WO2005100033A1 (fr) * 2004-04-13 2005-10-27 Koorosh Khodabandehloo Fabrication de produits carnes comprenant un code visuel lisible par machine
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