Poultry processing

Extract

A consumer expects poultry on sale in shops and supermarkets to be of high quality, safe to eat and, increasingly nowadays, to have been humanely produced. These criteria can only be met if the birds are well treated when alive and their carcases hygienically processed after they are dead. The responsibility for the birds’ welfare while growing lies mainly in the hands of the farmer; once they have left the farm it largely falls upon the poultry processing industry.