Eviscerate animals or birds for kosher meat and poultry
Overview
This standard is about the skills and knowledge needed for you to eviscerate meat or poultry in food manufacture and/or supply operations. After Shechita, the internal organs of animals or birds must be removed if the meat is to be suitable for food. This is called evisceration. Some of the internal organs can be eaten and are sold for valuable extra income. Some are used for further processing and manufacture of meat products. The waste must be dealt with safely and hygienically. All the organs must be handled and processed carefully so that the maximum possible value can be gained from them. The knowledge required to eviscerate will contribute towards gaining the maximum value from the internal organs. This standard is for you if you work in food manufacture and/or supply operations and are involved in the evisceration of meat or poultry by hand.
Performance criteria
You must be able to:
Prepare to eviscerate
follow procedures according to your religion
prepare to eviscerate animals and birds for Kosher meat and
poultry in accordance with organisational standards
wear and use personal protective equipment in accordance with
regulatory standards and organisational requirements
check availability of meat or poultry for evisceration
assemble tools and equipment needed for evisceration
check availability of facilities for viscera and carcass with relevant
people
check appropriate preparation of meat or poultry has taken place
for clean efficient evisceration
position the carcass for the safe, hygienic removal of viscera
open the carcass following organisational standards
Eviscerate meat or poultry
identify the viscera you are required to remove from the carcass
locate and sever the membranous attachments that secure the
viscera
remove viscera from carcass
trim edible viscera to organisational and regulatory specifications
store edible and inedible viscera separately according to
organisational standards
work within the limits of your responsibility and refer problems to
relevant people
Knowledge and Understanding
You need to know and understand:
the purpose of eviscerating animals or birds
the evisceration process for animals or birds according to Halacha
the internal organs of animals or birds and the examination
process required
the problems that can result from ineffective evisceration
the differences in treatment of edible and inedible offal
company procedures for opening carcasses in accordance with
Halacha
the tools and equipment used for evisceration
company procedures for maintaining the hygiene of evisceration
tools and equipment
inspection procedures and standards for offal
the legal requirements for evisceration procedures
the rules of Kashrut to determine what can be used and what
should be removed in accordance with Halacha
- the workplace controls involved in evisceration