Abstract: A dedagging implement including a body (2), a rotor (4) supported on the body (2) for rotation about an axis and having radially outwardly projecting lobes (6) for removing dag from a carcass, a liquid supply means located on the body (2), said liquid supply means being configured to direct a flow of liquid at the lobes (6) and an air supply means located on the body (2), said air supply means being configured to direct air flow at, or in close proximity to, the lobes (6). The present invention also provides a dedagging system having a dedagging implement and a vacuum waste collection system. The dedagging implement and/or dedagging system is useful for removing dag from an animal carcass.

Abstract: Apparatus for recovering meat from the head of a slaughtered animal. A jaw support clamps and supports the head by clamping the jaw. Cheek pullers having clamps engage with and hold the cheeks of the animal head in the vicinity of the mouth. A drive arrangement has a lateral drive for moving the cheek pullers outwardly away from each other and has a posterior drive for moving the cheek pullers in the posterior direction so as to pull tissues from both the jaw and the skull. A jaw separation means comprises a snout ring to be fitted to the snout of the skull and a drive moves the snout ring so as to move the skull relative to the jaw with an at least partially arcuate path of movement so as to continue to open the mouth wider as or after the cheek meat is removed from the animal head.