{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-624/article-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-624/article-8.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2019/624",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/624 of 8 February 2019 concerning specific rules for the performance of official controls on the production of meat and for production and relaying areas of live bivalve molluscs in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-624",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Performance of post-mortem inspections by the official veterinarian",
  "text": "Post-mortem inspection shall be performed by the official veterinarian in the following cases:\n(a)animals that undergo emergency slaughter as referred to in Chapter VI of Section I of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;\n(b)animals suspected of having a disease or condition that may adversely affect human health;\n(c)bovine animals from herds that have not been declared officially free of tuberculosis;\n(d)bovine, ovine and caprine animals from herds that have not been declared officially free of brucellosis;\n(e)outbreak of animal diseases for which animal health rules are laid down in legislation in force in the relevant constituent territory of Great Britain. This concerns animals susceptible to the particular disease in question that come from the particular region as defined in Article 2(2)(p) of Directive 64/432/EEC;\n(f)when stricter controls are necessary to take account of emerging diseases or particular diseases listed by the World Organisation for Animal Health;\n(g)in case of derogation on the timing of post-mortem inspection in accordance with Article 13 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/627.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 8(e) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 13(8) (with regs. 33-36)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/624/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:43:28.455430+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}