[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 2, Parts 200 to end]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR381.68]

[Page 448-449]
 
                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
     CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 381--POULTRY PRODUCTS INSPECTION REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart I--Operating Procedures
 
Sec. 381.68  Maximum inspection rates--New turkey inspection system.

    (a) The maximum inspection rates for one inspector New Turkey 
Inspection (NTI-1) and two inspector New Turkey Inspection (NTI-2) are 
listed in the table below. These line speeds are for lines using 
standard 9-inch shackles on 12-inch centers with birds hung on every 
shackle and opened with J-type or Bar-type opening cuts. Maximum rates 
for those establishments having varying configurations will be 
established by the Administrator but will not exceed those in the table. 
Neither the rates in the table nor those established for establishments 
with varying configurations shall be exceeded under any circumstances.
    (b) There are two categories of turkeys for determining inspection 
rates, ``light turkeys'' and ``heavy turkeys''. Light turkeys are all 
turkeys weighing less than 16 pounds. Heavy turkeys are all turkeys 
weighing 16 pounds or more. The weights refer to the bird at the point 
of post-mortem inspection, with blood, feathers and feet removed.

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    (c) The inspector in charge may reduce inspection line rates when in 
his/her judgment the prescribed inspection procedure cannot be 
adequately performed within the time available because the health 
conditions of a particular flock dictate a need for a more extended 
inspection.

                                         Maximum Turkey Inspection Rates
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                                                                                 Birds/Minute
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                                       Line       Number of            J-Type                   Bar-Type
        Inspection system         configuration   inspectors ---------------------------------------------------
                                                                            (>16)\1\                 (>16)\1\)
                                                              (16) light     heavy      () light      heavy
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NTI-1...........................     12-1             1            32           30           25           21
NTI-2...........................  \2\ 24-2            2            51           41           45           35
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\1\ This weight refers to the bird at the point of post-mortem inspection, without blood, feathers, or feet.
\2\ The turkeys are suspended on the slaughter line at 12-inch intervals, with two inspectors each looking at
  alternating birds at 24-inch intervals.

[50 FR 37512, Sept. 16, 1985]