Carrier for supporting a carcass part of slaughtered poultry

Carrier for supporting a carcass part of slaughtered poultry,

• which carcass part comprises an inner face and an outer face,
• which carcass part further comprises at least a part of the corpus sterni of the sternum, the corpus sterni comprising at least a part of the facies visceralis sterni, and at least a part of the facies muscularis sterni,
• the inner face being on the same side of the sternum as the facies visceralis sterni and the outer face being on the same side of the sternum as the facies muscularis sterni,
• the carrier comprising:
• a carrier body, said carrier body comprising a support surface for engaging at least a part of the inner face of the carcass part,
• a hook for holding the carcass part on the carrier body,
• a positioning element for positioning the carcass part relative to the carrier, which positioning element has a dome shaped engagement end for engaging the inner face of the carcass part, which positioning element is moveable between a retracted position and an extended position in which extended position the dome shaped engagement end of the positioning element protrudes from the support surface of the carrier body,
• the positioning element being arranged such relative to the support surface of the carrier body that in its extended position, the dome shaped engagement end of the positioning element engages the inner face of the carcass part at or adjacent to the facies visceralis sterni of the sternum in the region between the left and right margo costalis of the sternum.