Black spots on brisket fat cap

waytoodeep03

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I went to the store yesterday and saw a few briskets that had black dots or black spots on the fat cap side of the brisket. Is this common? Does anyone know what these are?

 

Bearcarver

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Are you sure it was black, and not dark purple meat inspection ink?

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waytoodeep03

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Bearcarver said:

Are you sure it was black, and not dark purple meat inspection ink?

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Good question . It was in cryo so it wasnt clear. I just saw a few spots. Why would the meat inspection ink be on the fat side?

 

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waytoodeep03 said:

Good question . It was in cryo so it wasnt clear. I just saw a few spots. Why would the meat inspection ink be on the fat side?

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Most of the ones I ran into were on the fat side. Not saying that's what it was, just a guess.

Could also maybe be transfer from another stamp, which is why it was just spots???

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