Volume 13: Industry Processes and Controls
4. Mechanically recovered meat (MRM)
Introduction

4.1 Mechanically recovered meat (MRM) was derived from the flesh-bearing bones and carcass remnants of cattle, sheep, pigs and poultry. It was used in the manufacture of a range of processed meat products for human consumption. Following the emergence of BSE, concerns were raised that spinal cord and other potentially infective tissue might be getting into MRM. This chapter examines the process of mechanical recovery of meat and the effect on it of the measures introduced to minimise the risk of transmission of the BSE agent.