Method and installation for stunning poultry and the obtainable bleeded poultry

摘要

The invention relates to a method and installation for stunning poultry, such as chicken, turkey, duck and quail, comprising the steps of: i) suspending the poultry with the poultry head down; ii) positioning the suspended poultry head; and iii) stunning the poultry via the suspended and positioned poultry head, and to obtainable debleeded poultry.

主权项

1. A method for stunning living poultry, comprising:
(i) suspending the living poultry to provide suspended living poultry in a downwardly suspended position with the head positioned downwardly and the legs extending upwardly; (ii) positioning the suspended living poultry at a positioning location downwardly with respect to the suspending; (iii) imparting relative vertical movement between the positioning location and the suspended living poultry, thereby confining the upper body portion of the poultry and accommodating the neck of the suspended living poultry with a V-shaped positioning element; and (iv) electro-stunning the poultry via the suspended and positioned living poultry head.