Fecha de publicación: 28/07/1999 Fuente: WIPO "meat" The invention provides a process and anal seal for sealing the anus of the carcas of a slaughtered animal. The anal seal includes a plug (15) for insertion through the a that tissues (11) contract behind the plug, a clamp (20) movable towards the plug to the tissues behind, and retaining means (40) to hold the clamp in its clamping position. plug (15) is conical and has a back end (17) so that the clamp which is in the shap clamping disc (22) clamps against periphery (18) of the back end of the plug. The clam can slide on a stem (32) extending from the back end of the plug The retaining mean can comprise biasing means (48) or a latch (41) to hold the clamp in its clamping po An applicator tool (60) can mount the anal seal during insertion of the plug into the r and move the clamp from a retracted position to its operative clamping position.