# The Meat Inspection Regulations 1987, Paragraph 3


The inspector shall in determining for the purposes of this Schedule whether tuberculosis is generalised take into account the sum of the evidence of disease and the character of the lesions throughout the carcase and, in particular, shall regard evidence of any of the following conditions as evidence of generalised tuberculosis—
(a) miliary tuberculosis of both lungs with evidence of tuberculosis elsewhere;
(b) mulitple and actively progressive lesions of tuberculosis;
(c) widespread tuberculous infection of the lymphatic glands of the carcase;
(d) diffuse acute lesions of tuberculosis of both the pleura and peritoneum associated with an enlarged or tuberculous lymphatic gland of the carcase;
(e) active or recent lesions present in the substance of any two of the following:
spleen, kidney, udder, uterus, ovary, testicle, brain and spinal cord or the membranes, in addition to tuberculous lesions in the respiratory and digestive tracts;
(f) in the case of a calf, congenital tuberculosis.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/2236/schedule/2/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/meat-inspection-regulations-1987/schedule-2/paragraph-3
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