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Meat Safety Act, 2000 (Act No. 40 of 2000)

Red Meat Regulations, 2004

Part VI : Meat Inspections [Section 11(1)(j)]

B. Primary meat inspections

(3) Pigs

97. Inspection of pig head

 

 

1) When inspecting the head the registered inspector must inspect bilaterally -
a) the Lnn mandibulares and Lnn parotidei, by multiple incisions; and
b) the external masseters (M. masseter), by making two deep linear incisions parallel to the mandible and the internal masseters (M. pterygoideus medialis) by making a single deep linear incision.

 

2) The registered inspector must observe the tongue, skin, lips, gums, hard and soft palate, eyes and nostrils.