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The invention relates to a device (10) that is designed and configured to scald slaughtered poultry G, comprising an elongated scalding tank (11), which is open at the top, for receiving and holding a scalding medium, said tank having at least one transport stretch (12.1, 12.2....12.n) for the poultry G, wherein each transport stretch (12.1, 12.2....12.n), in its longitudinal extension, adjoins a separating element (13) that extends at least over a section of the length of the transport stretch (12.1, 12.2....12.n), a transport means (14) arranged above the scalding tank (11) for transporting the poultry G, which are suspended by their feet, along the transport stretch (12.1, 12.2....12.n) in a transport direction T, a control and regulating unit (15) for controlling the temperature of the scalding medium, means (16) for generating a swirl and/or flow of the scalding medium, and a filter apparatus (35) for cleaning the scalding medium. The invention is characterised in that each separating element (13) comprises two separating walls (18, 19) arranged at a distance from one another and extending upward from the bottom wall (17) of the scalding tank (11), said walls for forming a channel (20) that is open at the top and at the end faces, and a swirl element (23) as the means (16) for generating the swirl and/or flow of the scalding medium is arranged inside the channel (20) in the region of through-holes (21, 22) in each separating wall (18, 19) that faces a transport stretch (12.1, 12.2....12.n), which swirl element can be rotationally driven by means of a drive shaft (24) that is directed horizontally and runs transversely to the transport direction T of the poultry G. The invention also relates to a corresponding method.