# The Fresh Meat Export (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1987, Paragraph 2


Where an authorised officer of the Council has reason to suspect that a suppurative condition exists in the carcase of any sheep or lamb he shall—
(a) examine by palpation as well as by observation such of the lymph nodes as are readily accessible; and
(b) in the case of a sheep, examine in detail such of the following lymph nodes as he has not already so examined: prescapular, superficial inguinal, precrural; and, in the case of a lamb, examine in detail such lymph nodes if he has found evidence of disease in the course of visual examination or palpation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/2237/schedule/8/part/V/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/fresh-meat-export-hygiene-and-inspection-regulations-1987/schedule-8/part-V/paragraph-2
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