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Part 2 | Processing Procedures Designed to Ensure an Acceptable Standard of Hygiene in Poultry Processing

1.5 A hand wash basin with hot and cold water laid on should be
provided in close proximity unloading and shackling.

2.0 BLEEDING AREA

2.1 The bleeding and defeathering area should be separated from the
reception area by walls except for closing doors for the passage
of poultry carcasses from one section to another.
2.2 Poultry should be suspended for bleeding or placed in bleeding
cones and should not be placed on the floor after bleeding.
2.3 The floor area of any bleeding section should be curbed or so
constructed to prevent the escape of blood to other areas. Blood
should be contained during killing operations, and collected during
in-plant work breaks and placed in containers clearly marked for
inedible product, for removal from premises. It shall not be washed
down into the waste water disposal system. Where a bleeding
tunnel is used, the tunnel and containers should be cleaned during
in-plant work breaks.
2.4 In halal slaughter where manual killing is practised, the knives must
be rinsed after each carcass and sterilised regularly.

3.0 SCALDING

3.1 There should be at least 750 ml of water added to the scald tank
per bird.

3.2 Where controlled temperature methods are used, agitated scald
tanks should be supplied with a continuous flow of water at a
minimum rate of 0.25 of a litre per carcass scalded per minute, and
the tanks emptied at least once every working day. Where water
supplies are limited, constant replenishment must be carried out
to ensure the water is maintained in a reasonably clean condition.

3.3 Where a wetting agent is added to scald water, it should be an
approved chemical and not exceed an approved concentration.

3.4 There are two commonly-used scalding procedures:
a) Hard scald (Sub-scald): 55 to 60°C

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