Poultry

Poultry

Poultry is a category of domestic birds kept and raised for the purpose of collecting eggs or killing and using their meat.

Industry: Meat products

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nest run eggs

Meat products; Poultry

Eggs that, much like the Nest Run Breaking Stock (NRBS) eggs, have not been washed or graded and will be broken for further processing but some obviously damaged or dirtied eggs have been removed.

nest run breaking stock (NRBS)

Meat products; Poultry

Eggs that have not been washed or graded because they will be broken for further processing.

processor

Meat products; Poultry

A person or firm that kills, cleans and packages meat birds.

poult

Meat products; Poultry

A young turkey.

pasteurize

Meat products; Poultry

Exposing food products to high temperatures in order to kill most microorganisms that cause illness or spoilage.

pullet

Meat products; Poultry

A female chicken under one year of age.

render

Meat products; Poultry

Subjecting disposed animal carcasses to grinding, extraction, heat or other treatments to convert into by-products for use in feed rations and fertilizers.