Microbial Safety for Locally Processed Poultry

Small-scale poultry producers and processors across West Virginia have the ability to rent and use the West Virginia Farmers Market Association's Poultry Trailer, which offers a mobile processing space for on-farm use. To use this rental equipment, or even your own processing equipment, it's important to understand the on-farm processing best practices and food safety procedures. 

Check out the resources below to learn more about safely processing poultry. 

Resources and Processing Guides

• Microbial Profile of Broiler Carcasses Processed at a University Scale Mobile Poultry Processing Unit

Instructional Videos

• Vinegar Chilling Process
• Mobile Poultry Processing Unit Cleaning and Sanitizing Demo
• Mobile Poultry Processing Demo

The project is funded by USDA-NIFA Grant Awards: 2023-68008-39447; 2022-68008-37104; 2020-68018-30657; 2022-70001-37312. The grant team includes Cangliang Shen, Joe Moritz, Tim Boltz, Hanna John Khouryieh, and Yifan Zhang.

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