[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR381.67]

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                  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]