4/26/2017 Poultry Processing Operations Poultry Processing Operations Evisceration and Post-Mortem Inspection Evisceration and Post-Mortem Inspection Internal organs are removed during Prior to inspection,each carcass is opened to evisceration present the organs and body cavity to the Giblets,which consists of heart,liver,gizzard. inspectors for examination-presentation and neck,may be cleaned and packaged during Viscera are only removed during post-mortem evisceration inspection Post-mortem inspection,which follows Organs must be displayed in a specific order evisceration,is a bird-by-bird inspection which prevents the inspector from spending All birds are inspected for disease or defects time to locate them prior to inspection that are considered adulterated Poultry Processing Operations Poultry Processing Operations Evisceration and Post-Mortem Inspection .If poultry carcasses,any organs or parts of Evisceration and Post-Mortem Inspection poultry carcasses inspected show signs of Optimal conditions must be maintained for disease,they must be condemned inspections to be performed efficiently Tuberculosis Leukosis complex Processing line rates may need to be adjusted Septicemia Toxemia if: Airsacculitis Inflammation weight of a bird interfers with inspection Tumors Parasites high level of disease Bruises Cadavers presentation errors occur consistently Contamination Overscald plant personnel cannot conduct evisceration Decomposition in a sanitary manner4/26/2017 11 Poultry Processing Operations Evisceration and Post-Mortem Inspection • Internal organs are removed during evisceration • Giblets, which consists of heart, liver, gizzard, and neck, may be cleaned and packaged during evisceration • Post-mortem inspection, which follows evisceration, is a bird-by-bird inspection • All birds are inspected for disease or defects that are considered adulterated Poultry Processing Operations Evisceration and Post-Mortem Inspection • Prior to inspection, each carcass is opened to present the organs and body cavity to the inspectors for examination - presentation • Viscera are only removed during post-mortem inspection • Organs must be displayed in a specific order, which prevents the inspector from spending time to locate them prior to inspection Poultry Processing Operations Evisceration and Post-Mortem Inspection • If poultry carcasses, any organs or parts of poultry carcasses inspected show signs of disease, they must be condemned Tuberculosis Leukosis complex Septicemia Toxemia Airsacculitis Inflammation Tumors Parasites Bruises Cadavers Contamination Overscald Decomposition Poultry Processing Operations Evisceration and Post-Mortem Inspection • Optimal conditions must be maintained for inspections to be performed efficiently • Processing line rates may need to be adjusted if: - weight of a bird interfers with inspection - high level of disease - presentation errors occur consistently - plant personnel cannot conduct evisceration in a sanitary manner