When inspecting the red offal, the registered inspector must inspect -
| a) |
the surface of the visceral pleura, by observation; |
| b) |
the liver, by palpation and incisions into the gastric surface and the base of the caudate lobe to open the bile ducts; |
| c) |
the hepatic lymph nodes, by multiple incisions into the Ln. hepaticus; |
| d) |
the trachea, by a lengthwise incision and the oesophagus by observation; |
| e) |
the lungs, by palpation and an incision in their posterior thirds perpendicular to their main axes to open the main branches of the bronchi; |
| f) |
the lungs, for contamination with water from the scalding tank and if contaminated such lungs may not be passed; |
| g) |
the Lnn mediastinales, by multiple incisions; |
| h) |
the Lnn bronchiales bilaterally, by multiple incisions; |
| i) |
the pericardium and the heart, by an incision made lengthwise to cut through the interventricular septum and open the ventricles and two additional vertical cuts into the split septum; |
| j) |
the spleen, by visual inspection and if necessary incision; |
| k) |
both sides of the diaphragm, by observation; and |
| l) |
the testes, by observation. |
Statistics Act, 1999
