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Can_Handle_the_Truth · July 18, 2006, 3:52pm

“Store wants to shock chickens to death for customers”

California-based Liborio Markets, a Latino-based grocery store, is branching out to Colorado.

Eight stores in all are planned for the state, the first one to be called Rancho Liborio in Commerce City.

The store, scheduled to open July 30, is talking with the U.S. Department of Health and the Tri-County Health Department, seeking approval to bring in live chickens that will be killed at the store.

“We are proposing to have live poultry processed here at the store,” said owner, Anthony Trujillo. “It’s just live poultry that’s processed in the back that has no access to the store.”

Trujillo says about 150 chickens a day would be brought to the store in climate-controlled trucks, where they’re then unloaded into a climate-controlled room in the back.

Every morning, the chickens are given a fatal electric shock, de-feathered, cleaned, cut, and put on the shelves. Trujillo says no live chickens remain in the back for more than five hours.

“There is no butchering or slaughtering whatsoever,” said Trujillo. “It’s a sophisticated state-of-the-art technology.”

Frank · July 18, 2006, 5:32pm

Moved from IMHO to MPSIMS.

Cheesesteak · July 18, 2006, 6:40pm

I’m not really sure how the whole “there’s no butchering or slaughtering” thing works. You kill, defeather, and process the chicken for sale, they’re not leaving them entirely whole are they?

I would be totally cool with it, as long as they keep the place clean and disease free. I don’t see the humongous benefit to processing the chickens across town and driving them in.

Cardinal · July 18, 2006, 11:31pm

According to Dave Barry, this is a complete joke compared to Hong Kong. “Which eel would you like, sir?” Splash, grab, whack, chop.

Guinastasia · July 20, 2006, 2:24am

Wasn’t this on an episode of The Simpsons once? They went to a steakhouse where you chose your cow, and they shocked it, then butchered it up for you?

levdrakon · July 20, 2006, 2:29am

I still can’t pick my own lobster. No way am I picking my own chicken.

Harmonious_Discord · July 20, 2006, 1:21pm

I see they ran afoul of local ordinances.

I envision something like it, drawing a class of people as a entertainment. They make a huge scaled up insect zapper. The customers pick the chicken they want, and fling it at the chicken zapper. The feathers singe off. The meat is cooked. They get their daily entertainment. They can take bets on the side for fastest roaster. Not rooster!

Ludovic · July 20, 2006, 1:24pm

I thought this was a double post of this thread. But they kill them by shocking, not choking.

Anaamika · July 20, 2006, 1:27pm

I don’t really see the big deal. We’ve gotten absolutely fresh chickens from Chinatown and while I won’t buy them myself nor will I prepare them - they still have their claws and beaks on, eek, they do taste pretty darn good.

Harmonious_Discord · July 20, 2006, 1:33pm

Australian man caught with six eggs in underwear by customs.
Did he think that customs wouldn’t stop a man with apparently six extra nuts.