Abstract: A method and apparatus for separating meat from bones particularly after most of the meat has been otherwise removed. Separation of meat from the bones occurs in a cyclical process wherein at least a portion of the separated meat is frozen and formed into small particles which are then recycled and impinged, at relatively high velocities, against meat containing bones to separate the meat from the bones. One embodiment of the apparatus includes mechanical means for exposing various surfaces of the meat containing bones to the frozen impinging meat particles to assure that all of the meat is separated from the bones. In another embodiment, the meat containing bones are supported by an air column which also agitates the meat containing bones and exposes various surfaces thereof to the impinging frozen meat particles.