light hen

Baking or stewing. A bird of this class is a mature female chicken, usually more than 10 months of age, with meat less tender than that of a roaster, or roasting chicken and ...

light

Weather; Meteorology

Often synonymous with visible radiation but sometimes applied to electromagnetic radiation well outside the visible spectrum.

plumping

Meat products; Poultry

The practice of injecting fluid, such as saltwater or meat stock, into raw chicken. Producers claim that this creates tastier meat, whereas opponents state that chicken is sold ...

fronts

Meat products; Poultry

The breast and wings of a chicken carcass.

giblets

Meat products; Poultry

term used to describe the portion of poultry carcasses that consists of hearts, gizzards, and livers. Giblet packages should contain approximately equal numbers of each of those ...

filler

Meat products; Poultry

Extra padding within the shipping containers (cases) that protect each egg from breaking during the handling and shipping process.

in-line

Meat products; Poultry

The streamlining of the production process from laying eggs, grading, packing and or processing into one convenient facility through the use of conveyor systems.