Fecha de publicación: 27/12/2006 Fuente: WIPO "meat" PROBLRMS To remove the spinal column from a block of meat efficiently in terms of time and with a good yield of meat quantity. MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLRMS The method for removing the spinal column from a block of meat is by detecting the position and shape of the spinal column in the block of meat that includes at least a part of the spinal column, and by cutting the block of meat in the vicinity of the spinal column in a V-letter form from two directions by three-dimensionally controlling the posture of a cutter based on the data about the detected position and shape of the spinal column.