EVISCERATING MEMBER, DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING A CLUSTER OF VISCERA OF A SLAUGHTERED ANIMAL

The invention relates to an eviscerating device (150) for removing the cluster of viscera from the body cavity of a slaughtered bird, said device comprising an eviscerating member (70a) having two jaw parts (152,154) and support means (156,158) for supporting the jaw parts. The eviscerating member further comprises first actuating means (169) for moving the support means and the jaw parts at least partially into and out of the body cavity of the slaughtered bird; and second actuating means (160, 162) for moving the jaw parts with respect to one another between their open position and their closed position. The first actuating means are adapted to, substantially without moving the viscera, move the support means and the jaw parts into the body cavity and during this movement effect tilting of the support means and the jaw parts such that the eviscerating member substantially follows the contour of the breastbone (50) of the bird; and wherein the viscera are substantially in a natural, anatomically undisturbed situation until the viscera are clamped between the closed jaw parts.