Utilization of Offals- Edible and Inedible

"Offals" means everything from slaughter of an animal that is not directly sold as consumable meat. 'By-product' is synonymous to offals and is used for broader sense where as 'offals' is used for various visceral organs and parts other than carcass. Animal by-products utilization is important from economic as well as public health point of view. Industry that turns wastes to valuable products has to be , encouraged. An industry can run successfully when it utilizes both edible and inedible by-products of its factory. Just selling the meat is hardly profitable. It is said, profit comes by utilization of by-products as one of the major source of income.

When an animal is slaughtered, it provides meat with well balanced protein as a major source. The byproducts of the animal are more than 50 per cent which are edible and inedible and requires efficient processing and utilization. The byproducts may be calculated by deducting the dressing percentage of an animal from 100. The dressing percentage of various animals ranges from 45 to 70 per cent. 

The by-products of meat industry if not utilized properly, the income is lost and and Meat Inspection adds cost for its disposal about which you have read earlier. Fortunately all the integrated abattoir and meat processing plants in India are utilizing byproducts effectively. You will study the utilization of animal by-products in detail in course- BPVI.

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