Method for treating meat

Claim 1

THE PROCESS OF TENDERIZING PERCHILLED META, COMPRISING PLACING SAID PRECHILLED MEAT INTO A TREATING COMPARTMENT FOR A PREDETERMINED MEAT-TREATING PERIOD, IRRADIATING THE SURFACE OF SAID MEAT WITH ULTRAVIOLET RADIATIONS OF PREDETERMINED INTENSITY DURING THE ENTIRE MEAT-TREATING PERIOD, CONTROLLING THE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE OF SAID TREATING COMPARTMENT SO THAT THE PRECHILLED MEAT WILL HEAT TO A PREDETERMINED MEAT-TREATING TEMPERATURE, CONTROLLING THE DEW-POINT OF THE COMPARTMENT ATMOSPHERE SO THAT INITIALLY IT IS SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN THE SURFACE TEMPERATURE OF SAID PRECHILLED MEAT, ALLOWING SAID PRECHILLED MEAT TO HEAT TO SAID PREDETERMINED MEAT-TREATING TEMPERATURE, RAISING THE COMPARTMENT ATMOSPHERE DEW-POINT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SAID MEAT HEATING AND CONTROLLING THE COMPARTMENT ATMOSPHERE DEW-POINT SO THAT IT IS ALWAYS SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN THE SURFACE TEMPERATURE OF SAID MEAT, MAINTAINING SAID MEAT SUBSTANTIALLY AT SAID MEAT-TREATING TEMPERATURE FOR SUBSTANTIALLY THE REMAINDER OF SAID PREDETERMINED MEAT-TREATING PERIOD, AND THEREAFTER REMOVING SAID MEAT FROM SAID COMPARTMENT.