Abstract: An intervention system for treating a food product in a food conditioner. The system comprises a tank that receives and buffers an intervention solution from a mixing system, a pump that receives the intervention solution from the tank and pressurizes the intervention solution to output a pressurized intervention solution, a flow monitor that receives the pressurized intervention solution from the pump and monitors a predetermined characteristic of the pressurized intervention solution, a first applicator that receives a first portion of the pressurized intervention solution from the flow monitor and ejects a first mist in the direction of the food product, and a second applicator that receives a second portion of the pressurized intervention solution from the flow monitor and ejects a second mist in the direction of the food product.

Abstract: A driver for a food conditioner that comprises a drive shaft that is configured to be driven by a motor, a continuous-to-intermittent converter that is configured to be coupled to the drive shaft, and a slip clutch that is configured to be coupled to the continuous-to-intermittent converter, wherein the slip clutch is further configured to disengage when a torque applied to the slip clutch exceeds a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: A food conditioner having a primary guard that is configured to be removable and a drive train network that is configured to automatically unlatch when the primary guard is removed, wherein the primary guard includes a guard partition that forces engagement of a tapered coupling drive.

Abstract: A slicer system and method is disclosed that cuts meat products from a primal. The system comprises an isolated chute that delivers the primal to a cutting area along a first direction, a shuttle that moves a portion of the primal in a horizontal plane that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction, a conveyor that supports and carries a meat product cut from the primal in the cutting area, and a sprayer that applies a fluid to a cutting blade in the cutting area.