Poultry processing and inspection.

Abstract

Poultry Sanitary Processing and Inspection Guidance was issued on January 11, 1978 by the Director General of Environmental Health Bureau, Ministry of Health and Welfare to reinforce the Food Sanitation Law.In the past ten years Japanese poultry industry underwent the considerable change which now seems to necessitate the official poultry inspection system.The Poultry Inspection System Investigation Committee sent its final report to the Director General of Environmental Health Bureau, Ministry of Health and Welfare on May 8, 1987.The final report included hygiene requirements in relation to premises, equipments and utensils, hygienic operating requirements, personnel hygiene, ante-mortem health inspection, post-mortem health inspection, and qualifications for supervisory inspectors, poultry inspectors and poultry meat hygiene supervisors.Based upon the final report, Ministry of Health and Welfare is preparing for the implementation of the official poultry inspection in a few years.In this paper the following subjects were covered.I. The present situation of poultry processing in JapanII. Recent developments in poultry processing techniques and equipmentsIII. Recommended international code of hygienic practice for poultry processingIV. Poultry inspection laws and regulations of foreign countriesV. Poultry sanitary processing and inspection guidance, 1978VI. The final report on the poultry inspection system in Japan, 1987VII. Poultry inspection at present and in future.