Contents PART 2: PROCESSING PROCEDURES DESIGNED TO ENSURE AN ACCEPTABLE STANDARD OF HYGIENE IN POULTRY PROCESSING 1. Poultry Reception Area 40 2. Bleeding Area 41 3. Scalding 41 4. Defeathering, Head and Feet Removal 42 5. Evisceration 43 6. Washing 45 7. Giblets 46 8. Spin Wash 47 9. Chilling 47 10. Drip Lines and Draining 48 11. Packing Area, Packaging and Packing Materials 49 12. Boning Out and Cutting Up 50 13. Thawing 51 14. Personnel 52 15. Ef uent 53 16. Disposal of Inedible Offals 53 17. General 54 18. Cleaning 55 19. Storage and Transport of the End Product 56 iv