Meat inspection II

Question 1

Disposition depends on what?

Answer 1

• severity of disease
• if disease is reportable
• level of zoonotic risk
• aesthetic value

Question 2

Organoleptic inspection uses

Answer 2

• Sight- observe lesion
• Feel- palpating
• Smell- uremia or abscess
• Heating- sound of carcass hitting floor

Question 3

Importance of lymph nodes

Answer 3

• filter for disease

- among the first tissue visibly affected

Question 4

Postmortem inspection involves

Answer 4

• head inspection
• viscera inspection
• carcass inspection

All parts muct be identified and associated

Question 5

Head inspection includes

Answer 5

-masseter muscle
-lymph nodes
-tongue
Also look for lumpy jaw, cancer eye

Question 6

Viscera inspection includes

Answer 6

• heart (left ventricle)
• lungs (including lymph nodes)
• liver (nodes & bile ducts)
• GI tract (do not open)
• mesenteric lymph nodes (TB)
• rumino-reticular junction
• observe all other organs

Question 7

Carcass inspection

Answer 7

• look for contamination, masses, bruises, etc.
• internal iliac & inguinal nodes
• kidneys
• diaphragm

Question 8

Adulterated

Answer 8

added, foreign or interior substance that cannot be removed by trimming

Question 9

Contaminated

Answer 9

material on the surface; can be removed by trimming

Question 10

Inedible

Answer 10

parts not considered edible

Question 11

Specified Risk Materials (SRM)

Answer 11

classified upon risk of BSE transmission to humans

• All ages:tonsils & distal ileum
• > 30 months: nervous tissue

Question 12

When is trimming permitted?

Answer 12

local involvement with diseases not transmissible to humans

Question 13

“Passed with restrictions”

Answer 13

when risk is minor and can be mitigated by cooking, freezing, etc

Question 14

Refrigeration restriction

Answer 14

moderate beef cysticercosis

Question 15

Heating (140 F) restriction

Answer 15

beef and sheep cysticercosis

Question 16

Cooking (170 F) restriction

Answer 16

• TB reactors
• caseous lymphadenitis
• mild swine cysticercosis
• parasites not transmissible to humans

Question 17

Comminuted cooked restrictions

Answer 17

• eosinophilic myositis

- sexual odor

Question 18

Condemned for human food if

Answer 18

• abscesses
• fasciolosis
• cirrhosis
• contamination with dirt/feces
• hydatid cysts

Question 19

Poultry inspection must

Answer 19

ensure poultry is wholsome, not adulterated, and labeled properly

Question 20

Problems transporting poultry

Answer 20

• suffocation
• can freeze to death or overheat
• stress increases shedding of Salmonella

Question 21

When is vet inspection of poultry done?

Answer 21

once evisceration is done, but still attached

Question 22

What does PPIA require of slaughter?

Answer 22

that live poultry are handled and slaughtered in a way compatible with “good commercial practices”

Question 23

Poultry specific diseases

Answer 23

• Chlamydia psittaci (zoonotic!)
• Mycobacterium avium (TB)- condemn
• Leukosis complex (Marek’s)- condem
• Airsacculitis- condemn if extensive