Chicken (Poultry) slaughter process flow diagram - Form 3
This diagram is a flow chart showing the process for chicken (poultry) slaughter.
The diagram lists the necessary steps from 1 - 46 to be taken in the slaughtering process for
chicken and poultry.
Identified in red are the Critical Control Points. These are boxes 24, 30, 32, 34, 37
Steps
- Biological Receiving of antimicrobial agent, salt, packaging materials, reusable product
containers. Leading to step 2 and 3.
- Identifies the CO2 tanks: Leading to step
43.
- Storage Biological (B): antimicrobial agent leading to
step 6; salt leading to step 39; packaging material leading to steps 41, 38 and 43; reusable
product containers leading to step 42.
- Receiving: leading to step 5.
- Treatment, storage and distribution of water (BC). Leading to step 6.
- Addition and distribution of antimicrobial agent (BC). Leading to steps 16, 21, 31,
33 and 37.
- Receiving / holding live birds (B). Leading to step
8.
- CFIA ante-mortem inspection and
flock sheet. Leading to steps 9, 10 and 11.
- Flock segregation / holding. Leading to steps 10 and 11.
- Flock disposal (condemned)
- Unloading / hanging (B). Leading to steps 12 and 13.
- Trailer / crate washing and disinfecting (B)
- Stunning. Leading to steps 14.
- Bleeding (B). Leading to step 15.
- Scalding / defeathering (B). Leading to step 16.
- Carcass shower (B). Leading to steps 17 and 32.
- Head removal (B). Leading to step 18.
- Pre-cutter / hock cutter and automatic or manual transfer / rehang (B). Leading to step 19 and 20.
- Paw scalding / harvesting / discarding (B). Leading to
step 37.
- Preselection (carcass defect detection) (B). Leading to
step 21, 25 and 26.
- Carcass shower (B). Leading to steps 22 and 32.
- Oil gland cutter (B). Leading to step 23.
- Venting / opening / evisceration and shower (B). Leading
to step 24.
- CCP 1B
- Viscera defect detection (B). Leading to steps 25, 28 and
30.
- Rejection (B). Leading to steps 20, 24 26 and 27.
- CFIA veterinary inspection. Leading
to steps 24, 27, 33 and 34.
- Carcass disposal.
- Cropping (B). Leading to step 29.
- Neck breaking / neck and/or neck skin removal (B).
Leading to steps 30 and 31.
- CCP 2B
- Giblets and neck harvesting (B). Leading to step 37.
- Internal vacuum / inside / outside carcass washer / on-line reconditioning and/or reprocessing
/ trimming (B). leading to step 32.
- CCP 3B
- Cavity defect detection and trimming / final examination (B). leading to steps 33, 34, 35 and 37.
- Carcass shower, off-line reprocessing and reconditioning (B). Leading to step 32, 34.
- CCP 4B
- Carcass shower, salvaging (B). Leading to steps 32, 33 and
37.
- Re-hanging / automatic transfer (air-chilled) (B).
Leading to steps 36 and 37.
- Air compressor (B). Leading to step 37.
- CCP 5B
- Chilling (B). Leading to steps 32, 38 and 40.
- Rehanging / automatic transfer / grading / sizing bins (B). leading to steps 43. Leading to further processing.
- Ice making / storage (B). Leading to step 37.
- Sorting paws (B). Leading to step 43.
- Box forming (BC).
Leading to step 43.
- Washing and sanitizing / storage of reusable containers (B). Leading to steps 43.
- Packaging / gas flush / labelling (BP). Leading to steps 44 and 45.
- Freezing (B). Leading to step 45.
- Storage (B). Leading to step 46.
- Shipping (BC).