# The Fresh Meat Export (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1987, Paragraph 3


If an abscess is found in the carcase or in any organ of any swine, or if an authorised officer of the Council has reason to suspect the presence of any such abscess, he shall require the carcase to be split through the spinal column if it has not already been so split and shall examine in detail such of the following lymph nodes as he has not already so examined: superficial inguinal, supramammary, cervical, prepectoral, prescapular, presternal, sublumbar, iliac, precrural and, if he considers it necessary, the popliteal.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/2237/schedule/8/part/IV/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/fresh-meat-export-hygiene-and-inspection-regulations-1987/schedule-8/part-IV/paragraph-3
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