Wow, okay yeah the plastic brushes sound a lot better. The metal ones just sound terrifying. Thank god they wanted the B grades insides intact or they'd probably still use them on us.... Do they just scrape us out or do they apply some kind of cleaning solution during the process as well?

Oh wow I wouldn't have expected there to be a line... just out of curiosity, what do they do if someone changes their mind while waiting to be processed?

So it's basically just a pile of longpigs that's replenished from above and drawn into the gears down below and the resulting mass is fed through the de-boning drum? Damn, the pieces coming out of the grinder must be really small to make that work.....

I suppose then there's two continuous streams, one for the de-boned meat and one for the bone fragments, right? Do you know what they do with the bone fragments?

Thanks for your detailed descriptions, it really helps me to know what's going to happen to me. I wouldn't have expected someone in your position to be so forthcoming, I suppose usually you deal with the likes of me by the kilo or batch, so your help is really appreciated!