RELÁTORIO DE ESTÁGIO: CORRELAÇÃO ENTRE VÍSCERAS E CARCAÇAS NO FRIGORÍFICO DE SUÍNOS

Abstract

The mandatory supervised internship report in Animal Science, at the pork slaughterhouse, was carried out at BRF, in Rio Verde. The internship period was from April 5, 2022, to February 9, 2024, totaling 1320 hours of activities, under the guidance of Prof. Ana Paula Cardoso Gomide and local supervision by process specialist with a degree in administration, Nelson Messias Florentino. During the internship period, several activities were carried out, encompassing the entire production process of the swine chain, such as: evaluation of ambience in the pigsties, yield of gut, mucosa, and serosa, verification of fecal and biliary contamination on the carcass during chest opening, analysis for the development of new products, such as lung, heart, and gallbladder, on-site verification of the yield of some pieces in the cutting room, training on correct standards of cutting, trimming, packaging, and palletizing, to prevent complaints both regarding quality and final consumer, among various other cases followed. Among all the topics covered, identification of the reasons and reduction of the occurrence of lack of correlation between viscera and carcass, there was a significant gain, as it reduced carcass condemnation due to dropping of white and red viscera and stops in the process, and simultaneously, the suspension of slaughter. The internship was essential for professional and personal development, as it allowed linking the theoretical knowledge obtained in the graduation to pork processing, providing a critical and detailed analysis of all the problems encountered, assisting in the identification of solutions and development of new products.