[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR381.68]
[Page 452-453]
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
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more. The weights refer to the bird at the point of post-mortem
inspection, with blood, feathers and feet removed.
(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) (16)\1\ (<) (16)\1\)
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]