1. A method for inspecting animal carcasses, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a processing system that moves animal carcasses past an operating line scanning camera; (b) obtaining a first line of data from a carcass moving past the operating line scanning camera, the first line of data comprising a series of pixels; (c) at completion of the first line scan, locating Region of Interest (ROI) pixels within the line of data and determining in real time which ROI pixels indicate pixels corresponding to wholesome carcass and an unwholesome carcass.