Patent ID: 7967668

Claim:
A method for the harvesting of back skin from a carcass part of slaughtered poultry, wherein the carcass part initially comprises at least a part of the upper back and at least a part of the legs connected to the back, from which carcass part the breast cap has been removed, wherein the part of the upper back has back meat and back skin, and wherein the leg parts comprise at least the thighs and are provided at least partially with leg skin, the leg skin being connected at least partially to the back skin, which carcass part has a front , a rear and two sides, which method includes the steps: suspending the carcass part in a product carrier, the product carrier engaging the leg parts, making a first and a second side cut in the hanging carcass part, which side cuts are located on the side parts on both sides of the carcass part and extend substantially perpendicularly to the vertebral column, wherein each side cut separates at least the leg skin on the respective side of the carcass part from the back skin, detaching the back skin from the back meat, and harvesting the back meat after the back skin has been detached from the back meat.