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chilled product so that it is suitable for or quarters, or boned out in cartons. Freezing
mechanical processing. Crust freezing is times in such systems are typically 25 to 72
often used for the same purpose but is essen- hours. Some offal is frozen in plate freezers.
tially a less controlled process where only the Small processed items are typically frozen in
surface is frozen. In tempering, product is continuous belt freezers or in cryogenic
semifrozen so that it is stiff enough to be tunnels.
sliced, cubed, etc. without deformation. Crust freezing and tempering are increas-
Reducing deformation during cutting im- ingly being used to allow high-speed mechan-
proves the yield, by enabling faster cutting ical portioning or slicing of meat and meat
and reducing the number of misshapen slices. products. The final temperature distribution
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