Abstract: An unloading system for unloading at least one transport unit having at least one rack and at least one transport crate mounted for receiving poultry. The rack includes a transport restraint for each transport crate, which include a bottom and side walls. A cover arranged at a distance from the upper edge of the side walls. The system includes an unloading station for at least one transport unit, a pushing device for ejecting transport crates in an ejection position, and a receiving device for receiving and conveying ejected transport crates. In the ejection position, position of transport crate to the cover is vertically controllable during the entire ejection operation so a maximum distance between the upper edge of trailing side walls of the transport crates in the pushing direction and the cover are maintainable depending on the position of the transport crate within the rack during the ejection operation.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for recovering liver from viscera sets of poultry carcasses, the viscera sets including at least lungs, liver, proventriculus and gizzard, which are connected together at least in part by connective tissue, has at least one holding element. The at least one holding element has a receiving region for receiving and for holding the viscera set, configured such that at least the lungs can be arranged above the receiving region and at least the liver can be arranged beneath the receiving region. A detaching device has a detaching section with a detaching member for detaching the liver, configured such that at least a connective tissue connecting the liver with the viscera set can be detached in some regions by the detaching member. A separating device has a separating member configured such that the liver detached from the connective tissue can be separated completely from the viscera set.

Abstract: An apparatus, configured and adapted for scalding slaughtered poultry, includes a scalding tank, which is open at the top, for receiving and for holding a liquid scalding medium, and a transport means, arranged above the scalding tank, for transporting the poultry in a hanging manner within the scalding tank along a scalding channel formed of a plurality of scalding channel sections from an input region to an output region. There is formed beneath the scalding channel a receiving compartment for scalding medium. There is arranged inside the receiving compartment at least one pump device as a turbulence-generating body for forming a pressure chamber which acts along the entire scalding channel. A corresponding method is also provided.