TECHNOLOGY OPTIONS

Poultry Dressing

Product :

Production of dressed poultry/cut?up portions.

Application :

Clean and hygienic product in convenient form, utilisation of waste.

Feature :

The process involves antemortem inspection, slaughtering, scalding, defeathering, singeing, evisceration and post? mortem inspection. The edible internal organs are separated, washed and packed separately. The carcasses are washed, packed and chilled in crushed ice for further storage. The marketing of dressed chicken is done in fresh, chilled or frozen form. It is also feasible to market in cut up portions like half chicken, drumstick, thigh, back breast and wing.

Commercialisation :

Commercialised.

Economy :

50 birds/day.

Investment :

Rs. 4 lakh.

Equipment :

Killing cones with bleeding trough, scalder, plucker, wash tank with overflow, chopping block, eviscerating table, chilling tanks, draining rack with speckles, packaging table, cutting knives, singer, balances, ice?crusher and deep freezer.

Raw materals :

Poultry birds.

Contact Person :

The Director

 

Central Food Technological Research Institute.