Poultry Slaughtering and Processing : From Live Birds to Frozen Products
As global demand for poultry meat continues to rise, efficient poultry slaughtering and processing equipment has become essential to meet hygiene standards, improve productivity, and ensure regulatory compliance. Whether operating a large-scale chicken processing plant or a small slaughterhouse, investing in automated, high-performance machinery is key to delivering safe, high-quality poultry products.
1. Poultry Slaughterhouse Slaughtering Equipment
Poultry slaughtering equipment refers to a complete set of machines used in various stages of poultry processing, including stunning, bleeding, scalding, plucking, evisceration, pre-chilling, freezing, and packaging. This equipment is suitable for processing chickens, ducks, and geese, and can be customized based on production capacity — from 100 BPH (birds per hour) to 15,000 BPH or more.
2. Chicken Processing Steps In Poultry Slaughter Line
Live Bird Reception and Conveying
The process starts with live bird handling using crate washers and live bird conveyors, ensuring a smooth and stress-minimized entry into the poultry slaughter line.
Stunning and Bleeding
Birds are humanely stunned via an electric stunner or controlled atmosphere stunning system, then transferred to an automatic killing machine where the neck is precisely cut. Blood is collected in a bleeding trough, supporting hygienic processing standards.
Scalding and Plucking
Carcasses are softened in a temperature-controlled scalding tank, then passed through an automatic chicken plucker machine that uses rotating rubber fingers to remove feathers quickly and thoroughly.
Evisceration
Automated evisceration machines and viscera conveyors handle internal organ removal. This step is critical to food hygiene and forms the heart of any chicken processing equipment line.
Pre-chilling and Grading
Processed birds go into a spiral pre-chiller or air/water chilling system to lower internal temperatures and prevent bacterial growth. They are then graded by an automatic poultry grading system based on size or weight.
Chicken Feet Processing
In regions such as Asia and Africa, chicken feet are a valuable product. A complete chicken feet processing line includes scalding, peeling, cutting, grading, and packaging, meeting export standards.
By-product and Wastewater Handling
Modern slaughterhouse equipment integrates feather balers, blood collection tanks, and wastewater treatment systems to reduce environmental impact and build sustainable, compliant poultry slaughterhouses.
Packaging and Portioning
After chilling or grading, whole birds or parts (wings, drumsticks, fillets) are packaged using vacuum packaging machines, tray sealers, and labeling systems. Packaging automation ensures product traceability, retail compliance, and extended shelf life.
Quick Freezing (Blast Freezing)
For frozen product lines, poultry passes through blast freezers or IQF (Individual Quick Freezing) tunnels to reach –18°C or below within a short time. This preserves freshness and quality during storage and transport.
Cold Storage
Final products are stored in walk-in cold rooms or modular cold storage units until shipment. These poultry cold storage facilities are essential for maintaining quality, especially for export operations or large-scale distributors.
3.Meridian Provides Comprehensive Solutions
● Complete Poultry Slaughtering Equipments
● Low Temperature Industrial Water Chiller
● Chicken Vacuum Packaging Machine
● -60°C to -30°C Quick Freezing Cold Room
From live bird handling to packaging and cold storage, modern poultry slaughtering and processing systems are designed to ensure efficiency, hygiene, and compliance with global food safety standards.
Meridian Technology Co. Ltd supplying fully automated chicken slaughter lines, poultry processing equipment, blast freezer, and cold storage solutions,from 100 BPH to 10,000 BPH. Our company will provide each customer with complete poultry slaughterhouse design solutions, high-quality equipment, and efficient services.
