# 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), Article 30: Practical arrangements for official controls for cysticercosis during post-mortem inspection in domestic bovine animals and Suidae

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. The post-mortem inspection procedures described in Articles 18, 19 and 23 shall be the minimum requirements for the examination for cysticercosis in bovine animals and Suidae (domestic swine, farmed game and wild game). In the case of bovine animals referred to in Article 19, the competent authorities may decide that incision of the masseters at post-mortem inspection is not compulsory if:
(a) a specific serological test is used;
(b) the animals have been raised on a holding of provenance officially certified to be free of cysticercosis; or,
(c) the prevalence of the source population or in a well-defined subpopulation is below one in a million, has been demonstrated with 95 % certainty or no cases have been detected in all slaughtered animals in the past five years (or two years where supported and justified by the competent authorities' risk analysis) based on data from reporting carried out in accordance with Article 9(1) of Directive 2003/99/EC or any other applicable legislation in force in the relevant constituent territory of Great Britain.
2. Meat infected with cysticerci shall be declared unfit for human consumption. However, where the animal is not generally infected with cysticercus, the parts not infected may be declared fit for human consumption after having undergone a cold treatment.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/627/article/30 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-627/article-30
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