[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 9, Volume 2]

[Revised as of January 1, 2007]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 9CFR381.67]



[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. 381.67  Young chicken and squab slaughter inspection rate maximums under traditional inspection procedure.



    The maximum number of birds to be inspected by each inspector per 

minute under the traditional inspection procedure for the different 

young chicken and squab slaughter line configurations are specified in 

the following table. These maximum rates will not be exceeded. The 

inspector in charge will be responsible for reducing production line 

rates where in the inspector's judgment the prescribed inspection 

procedure cannot be adequately performed within the time available, 

either because the birds are not presented by the official establishment 

in such a manner that the carcasses, including both internal and 

external surfaces and all organs, are readily accessible for inspection, 

or because the health conditions of a particular flock dictate a need 

for a more extended inspection procedure. The standards in 381.170(a) of 

this part specify which classes of birds constitute young chickens and 

squabs. Section 381.76(b) specifies when either the traditional 

inspection procedure or the modified traditional inspection procedure 

can or must be used.



     Maximum Production Line Rates--Chickens and Squabs-Traditional

                          Inspection Procedures

------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                                               Birds per

                                                    Number of  inspector

              Line configuration \1\               inspection     per

                                                    stations     minute

------------------------------------------------------------------------

6-1..............................................          1          25

12-1.............................................          2          23

12-2.............................................          2          21

18-1.............................................          3          19

18-2.............................................          3          19

18-3.............................................          3          18

24-1.............................................          4     16\1/2\

24-2.............................................          4          16



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24-4.............................................          4    15\1/2\

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\1\ Birds are suspended on the slaughter line at 6-inch intervals. The

  first number indicates the interval in inches between the birds that

  each inspector examines. The second number indicates how many of the

  birds presented, the inspector is to inspect, i.e., ``1'' means

  inspect every bird. ``4'' means inspect every fourth bird, etc.





[47 FR 23435, May 28, 1982, as amended at 66 FR 22905, May 7, 2001]