A professional who separates edible portions of animal viscera from offal, performing any combination of following tasks. Respnsibilities include:

• Cuts away such organs and glands from adjoining tissue as heart, sweetbreads, stomach, spleen, gall bladder, liver, and thyroid, using knife.
• Skins outer tissue of bung gut with fingers.
• Washes parts and places them in containers.
• Cuts off ends of oxtails and trims loose tissues, using knife and rotary brush.
• Trims excess fat and tissue from muscles, intestines, and organs, using knife.
• Separates membrane from gullet and windpipe, inner lining from stomach, and small intestines from large.
• Flushes intestines and bladders with water hose and squeezes them to remove water, slime, and foreign matter.
• Weighs and sorts viscera, according to condition, and discards diseased or damaged parts.
• Bleaches casings (intestines) by soaking them in salt solution.
• Stamps plant identification number on edible organs, using rubber stamp.
• Brands tails and tongues with electric iron.
• May tend machine that washes viscera and flesh parts.
• May grind meat.
• May be known according to functions performed or part of viscera processed as Beef-Pluck Trimmer; Bladder Trimmer; Bung Grader; Casing Puller; Liver Trimmer; Lung Splitter; Viscera Washer.