1970 Ed.]
Poultry (Slaughtering for Export) Regulations.
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[Subsidiary]
(5) After completion of the preliminary post-mortem inspection the viscera and head shall be—
(a) removed from the carcass;
(b) put in a separate container; and
(c) kept separate from the viscera and heads of other carcasses until completion of—
(i) the post-mortem inspection; or
(ii) the further post-mortem inspection, in the case of a carcass tagged as suspect under paragraph (1) of regulation 86,
in such a manner as to preserve their identity with the carcass from which they have been removed.
(6) Post-mortem inspection shall be completed by a thorough examination of the viscera after removal from the carcass.
84. (1) Subject to paragraphs (2), (3) and (4), upon post-mortem inspection, a carcass found to be—
(a) adulterated;
(b) diseased;
(c) unwholesome:
(d) badly bruised;
(e) contaminated by—
(i) volatile oil of any kind;
(ii) poison;
(iii) gas;
(iv) scald water in the air sac system; or
(v) a substance which may render the carcass unwholesome;
(f) overscalded, so that the flesh has a cooked appearance;
(g) affected by any deleterious post-mortem changes: or
(h) greenstruck,
shall be condemned.
(2) A carcass which upon post-mortem inspection shows evidence of being affected by—
(a) tuberculosis;
(b) erythroblastosis, granuloblastosis, neurolymphomatosis gallinorum or other form of—
(i) lymphomatosis;
(ii) myelocystomatosis; or
(iii) fowl leukosis;
(c) septicaemia or other toxaemic disease;
Condemnation of carcasses on post-mortem inspection.