TITLE III SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF OFFICIAL CONTROLS AND THE UNIFORM MINIMUM FREQUENCY FOR OFFICIAL CONTROLS ON FRESH MEAT

CHAPTER II Official controls on fresh meat

Section 3 Post-mortem inspection

Article 24 Indications of a possible risks to human health, animal health or animal welfare in domestic bovine animals, domestic sheep and goats, domestic solipeds and domestic swine

The official veterinarian shall proceed with the additional post-mortem inspection procedures referred to in Articles 18(3), 19(2), 20(2), 21(2), 22(2) and 23(2) using incision and palpation of the carcase and offal, where, in his/her opinion, one of the following indicates a possible risk to human health, animal health or animal welfare:

(a)

the checks and analysis of the checks of documents carried out in accordance with Articles 9 and 10;

(b)

the findings of the ante-mortem inspection carried out in accordance with Article 11;

(c)

the results of the verifications of compliance with animal welfare rules carried out in accordance with Article 38;

(d)

the findings of post-mortem inspection carried out in accordance with Articles 12 to 24;

(e)

additional epidemiological data or other data from the holding of provenance of the animals.