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The meat sector is one of the largest in food manufacturing, employing skilled labour for slaughter, cleaning, butchery, packaging and transport of both fresh and frozen products.

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Purnell, G., Maddock, N.A., Khodabandehloo, K. (1993). Robotic cutting of beef and deboning. In: Khodabandehloo, K. (eds) Robotics in Meat, Fish and Poultry Processing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2129-7_5

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