The invention concerns an apparatus for the processing/handling of the anus/rectum of slaughtered animals, comprising a cutting arrangement (3, 3') mounted in a housing (1) for the cutting-over of the connection between the anus/rectum and surrounding tissue, said cutting arrangement (3, 3') comprising a cavity (20) defined by a cylindrical blade (3') with cutting edge (3) and an extension (2) of same, and further movement means for the handling of the cutting arrangement, and where displaced in the cavity (20), substantially parallel with the axis of the cylindrical blade (3'), there is a mandrel/hollow profile (30) connected to means for establishing of a second under-pressure on the inside of the mandrel/hollow profile (1) and for emptying of a part of the intestine/rectum. The apparatus also comprises first means (33) for handling/removal/sucking-out of a disinfection substance supplied to the cavity, said first means are separated from the means for establishing the second under-pressure and comprise an arrangement for establishing a first under-pressure in the cavity (20). There is hereby achieved a system whereby it is possible to cut free the anus/rectum area, at the same time that an emptying of the outermost part of the intestine is effected without incurring any contamination of the meat with colon bacteria from faeces, in that separate discharge openings are provided for the faeces and the disinfecting liquid, whereby as further advantage it can be mentioned that the disinfecting liquid can be re-circulated, in that it can be sent to a chamber for cleaning and is thus reused during the process.