Table 5. Estimates of total meat loss in Iran

	Potential production capacity of mechanically deboned chicken meat	Loss in chicken slaughterhouse	Loss in production, distribution and storage	Loss in livestock slaughterhouse
Weight (kg)	105,091,000	7,013,476	4,887,500	1,975,486
Total (ton)	118,967Meat loss and MDM	13,876Meat loss
Loss (%)	88.33	11.67

MDM, mechanically deboned meat.