SCHEDULE 8 POST-MORTEM HEALTH INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE IN EXPORT SLAUGHTERHOUSES

PART IV detailed instructions
swine
1 In the case of swine the inspection shall include—
(a) visual examination of the head and the throat; the submaxillary lymph nodes shall be examined in detail; visual examination of the mouth, fauces and tongue;
(b) visual examination of the trachea, lungs and oesophagus; palpation of the lungs and of the bronchial and mediastinal lymph nodes; where the lungs are intended for human consumption the trachea and the main branches of the bronchi shall be opened lengthwise and the lungs shall be incised in their posterior third at right angles to their main axes;
(c) visual examination of the pericardium and the heart; the latter shall be incised lengthwise so as to open the ventricles and to cut through the intraventricular septum;
(d) visual examination of the diaphragm;
(e) visual examination and palpation of the liver and the hepatic lymph nodes; visual examination of the pancreatic lymph nodes;
(f) visual examination of the alimentary tract, the mesentery, the gastric and mesenteric lymph nodes; the gastric and mesenteric lymph nodes shall be palpated and, where an authorised officer of the Council considers it necessary, examined in detail;
(g) visual examination and palpation of the spleen;
(h) visual examination of the kidneys and, where an authorised officer of the Council considers it necessary, incision of the kidneys and examination in detail of the renal lymph nodes, save that in the case of swine not intended for export visual examination of the kidneys shall not be necessary provided the renal lymph nodes are examined in detail and if the kidneys of any swine are not examined the meat of that swine shall not be eligible for export;
(i) visual examination of the pleura and peritoneum;
(j) visual examination of the genital organs;
(k) visual examination of the udder and supramammary lymph nodes; in the case of sows the suprammmary lymph nodes shall be examined in detail;
(l) visual examination and palpation of the umbilical region and joints of young animals; where an authorised officer of the Council considers it necessary, the umbilical region shall be incised and the joints shall be opened.