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Poultry Processing Industry eTool
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Plant-Wide Hazards
Sanitation
Receiving and Killing
Evisceration
Cutting and Deboning
Packout
Warehousing
Warehousing

Once the chicken is packed in its shipping container, it is moved from the processing floor. Options are moving to a truck for immediate shipment or placement in a warehouse for storage. Lifting and moving heavy loads using awkward body postures is common practice. This operation includes the following tasks:
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