At this stage, the body temperature of the birds is about 98 degrees and must be lowered to 40 degrees or below before further processing can occur. Birds are sent to soak in the chiller for 73 minutes. Each chiller holds 20,000 gallons of chlorinated water. An additional half-gallon of water is added for each bird to provide continuous water exchange in the chiller. (10 of 14)

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