Paragraph 1

unless the head, including the tongue and brains, is to be excluded from human consumption, visual inspection of the head after flaying and, where an authorised officer of the Council considers it necessary, examination of the throat, mouth, tongue, retro-pharyngeal and parotid lymph nodes;

visual examination of the trachea, lungs and oesophagus; palpation of the lungs and of the bronchial and mediastinal lymph nodes; where an authorised officer of the Council considers it necessary, incision of the lungs and examintion in detail of the bronchial and mediastinal lymph nodes;

visual examination of the pericardium and the heart and, where an authorised officer of the Council considers it necessary, incision of the heart;

visual examination of the diaphragm;

visual examination and palpation of the liver and the hepatic lymph nodes; visual examination of the pancreatic lymph nodes; the gastric surface of the liver shall be incised to examine the bile ducts;

visual examination of the alimentary tract, the mesentery, the gastric and mesenteric lymph nodes;

visual examination and palpation of the spleen;

visual examination of the kidneys and, where an authorised officer of the Council considers it necessary, incision of the kidneys and examination in detail of the renal lymph nodes;

visual examination of the pleura and peritoneum;

visual examination of the genital organs;

visual examination of the udder and its lymph nodes;

visual examination and palpation of the umbilical region and joints of young animals; where an authorised officer of the Council considers it necessary, the umbilical region shall be incised and the joints shall be opened.