Article 21 Other domestic sheep and goats
United Kingdom
Carcases and offal of sheep having a permanent incisor erupted or 12 months of age or more, and goats six months of age or more, shall undergo the following post-mortem inspection procedures:
a visual inspection of the head, including the throat, mouth, tongue and parotid lymph nodes and palpation of the 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;
a visual inspection of the lungs, trachea and oesophagus; palpation of the lungs, the bronchial and mediastinal lymph nodes (Lnn. bifurcationes, eparteriales and mediastinales);
a visual inspection of the pericardium and heart;
a visual inspection of the diaphragm;
a visual inspection of the liver and the hepatic and pancreatic lymph nodes (Lnn. portales); palpation of the liver and its lymph nodes; incision of the gastric surface of the liver to examine the bile ducts;
a visual inspection of the gastro-intestinal tract, the mesentery and the gastric and mesenteric lymph nodes (Lnn. gastrici, mesenterici, craniales and caudales);
a visual inspection of the spleen;
a visual inspection of the kidneys;
a visual inspection of the pleura and peritoneum;
a visual inspection of the genital organs (except for the penis, if already discarded);
a visual inspection of the udder and its lymph nodes.
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:
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;
an incision of the lungs, trachea, oesophagus and the bronchial and mediastinal lymph nodes;
an incision of the heart;
a palpation of the spleen;
an incision of the kidneys and the renal lymph nodes (Lnn. renales).