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Understanding poultry grading from the plant floor to the final product. This guide examines how grading facilities and methods affect accuracy, speed, and product quality in ready-to-cook broilers and turkeys.
Rooted in extensive field work, the book describes grading operations across multiple plants, identifies desirable and undesirable features, and offers practical improvements. It combines layout drawings, equipment details, and step-by-step procedures to help processors meet national standards while reducing fatigue and boosting efficiency. The content covers supervision by licensed graders, conveyor and shackling systems, lighting, reconditioning options, and the role of facilities in achieving consistent grade A results.
- Concrete plant layouts and equipment arrangements that support accurate grading
- Guidelines for examining birds and parts to determine quality
- Practical improvements for reducing waste, downtime, and worker fatigue
- Appendices with regulatory excerpts and form examples for grading service
Ideal for processors, plant managers, quality control staff, and students exploring poultry grading principles.
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book examines grading operations and facilities used in commercial processing plants and discusses methods and facilities that will enable processors to improve accuracy, efficiency, and support staff working conditions. The author analyzes grading methods and facilities in three broiler and three turkey processing plants and provides guidelines for those planning to grade products under the USDA. Excerpts from regulations governing poultry grading are included, as are summaries of quality specifications for carcasses and parts. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781528226516_0
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