1964_POULTRY_(SLAUGHTERING_FOR_EXPORT)_REGULATIONS — Page 29

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.