{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-627/article-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-627/article-20.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2019/627",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/627 of 15 March 2019 laying down uniform practical arrangements for the performance of official controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 as regards official controls (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-627",
  "path": "article/20",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Young domestic sheep and goats and sheep with no eruption of permanent incisors",
  "text": "1. Carcases and offal of sheep not having any permanent incisor erupted or less than 12 months of age, and goats less than six months of age, shall undergo the following post-mortem inspection procedures:\n(a) a visual inspection of the head, including the throat, mouth, tongue and parotid and retropharyngeal lymph nodes. These examinations are not necessary if the competent authorities are able to guarantee that the head, including the tongue and the brains, will be excluded from human consumption;\n(b) a visual inspection of the lungs, trachea and oesophagus and the bronchial and mediastinal lymph nodes (Lnn. bifurcationes, eparteriales and mediastinales);\n(c) a visual inspection of the pericardium and heart;\n(d) a visual inspection of the diaphragm;\n(e) a visual inspection of the liver and the hepatic and pancreatic lymph nodes (Lnn. portales);\n(f) a visual inspection of the gastro-intestinal tract, the mesentery and the gastric and mesenteric lymph nodes (Lnn. gastrici, mesenterici, craniales and caudales);\n(g) a visual inspection of the spleen;\n(h) a visual inspection of the kidneys;\n(i) a visual inspection of the pleura and peritoneum;\n(j) a visual inspection of the umbilical region and joints.\n2. The official veterinarian shall proceed with the following post-mortem inspection procedures using incision and palpation of the carcase and offal, when there are indications of a possible risk to human health, animal health or animal welfare indicated in accordance with Article 24:\n(a) a palpation of the throat, mouth, tongue and parotid lymph nodes. Unless animal-health rules provide otherwise, these examinations are not necessary if the competent authorities are able to guarantee that the head, including the tongue and the brains, will be excluded from human consumption;\n(b) a palpation of the lungs; incision of the lungs, trachea, oesophagus, bronchial and mediastinal lymph nodes;\n(c) an incision of the heart;\n(d) a palpation of the liver and its lymph nodes; incision of the gastric surface of the liver to examine the bile ducts;\n(e) a palpation of the spleen;\n(f) an incision of the kidneys and the renal lymph nodes (Lnn. renales);\n(g) a palpation of the umbilical region and joints; the umbilical region shall be incised and the joints opened; the synovial fluid shall be examined.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/627/article/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:43:28.098617+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."
}