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Submitted to: World Leather
Publication Type: Trade Journal Publication Acceptance Date: 5/1/1995 Publication Date: N/A Citation: N/A Interpretive Summary: Trade publication, interpretive summary is not required. Technical Abstract: Much research in ERRC's Hides, Lipids and Wool Research Unit is targeted to improving rawstock quality, and revolves around the elimination of the environmental problems associated with brine (sodium chloride) curing. This article highlights several of the recent approaches to meet this objective. The first is electron beam irradiation, a curing process that eliminates salt and maintains the hide in an essentially raw hide state. The second is the use of potassium chloride as a direct replacement of salt resulting in an environmentally friendly effluent from the process. And lastly the cooperative efforts with Monfort of Colorado (the red meat division of Conagra) to develop a chemical means to remove hair from cattle before the hide is removed is described. While none of this research is in its final form, the direction of the work reflects today's need to reduce the impact on the environment of all manufacturing processes. |
