Abstract: A cooked slice of a meat mass formed of a ground meat mixture and expanded pellets of cellular material provides a crispy, light meat snack product. In some embodiments, the pellets are rendered skin having a low pre-expansion moisture content. A method of making the meat snack product includes making a meat form by adding pellets of cellular material having a moisture content of less than 10% by weight to a ground meat mixture, batch cooking, chilling and slicing the meat form, and cooking the slices of the meat form to expand the pellets of cellular material to result in a crispy meat form slice.

Abstract: A cooked slice of a meat mass formed of a ground meat mixture and expanded pellets of cellular material provides a crispy, light meat snack product. In some embodiments, the pellets are rendered skin having a low pre-expansion moisture content. A method of making the meat snack product includes making a meat form by adding pellets of cellular material having a moisture content of less than 10% by weight to a ground meat mixture, batch cooking, chilling and slicing the meat form, and cooking the slices of the meat form to expand the pellets of cellular material to result in a crispy meat form slice.

Abstract: A locking mechanism for use on a hasp or other hardware of a door including a housing with an opening configured to receive the hasp, and a locking member that is removable from the locking mechanism during a normal unlocking operation. The locking member is insertable through at least a portion of the housing and the hasp into a locked position. The locking mechanism also includes a locking pin that is engageable with the locking member to lock the locking member in the locked position, and a spring biasing the locking pin in a first direction to lock the locking member. The locking member may have a first end and a second end, wherein the first end has a tapered surface. The tapered surface is engageable with the locking pin to push the locking pin in a second direction opposite the first direction so that the locking member may be manually inserted into the locked position. The locking member may be located predominantly within the housing when in the locked position.

Abstract: A molded transparent thermoplastic housing has a programmable transmitting circuit for transmitting seal identifying serial number, seal location, container identification and other data to a local receiver. A door in the housing permits access to the circuit for programming the seal indicia and related data for transmission. A contact arrangement forms a switch upon insertion of a locking bolt into a locking mechanism in the housing and applies battery power through the bolt to activate the data generating circuit. A conductor along the bolt shank is connected to the circuit provides a tamper evident signal to the circuit when the bolt is severed. The circuit senses the removal of the bolt or severed bolt condition for generating a “tamper” signal which is transmitted to a local receiver/reader.