Principles of meat inspection

Question 1

Why should post-mortem inspections be carried?

Answer 1

• Animal welfare
• Animal health
• Public health

Question 2

What are reasons to withhold health mark at PM

Answer 2

*Failure of ante-mortem and/or post-mortem inspection
*Loss of traceability (animal ID)
*Presence of SRM
*Contamination or gross pathology
*Residues or contaminants are suspected
*Water supply is found to have been contaminated and a risk to public health exists
*No adequate inspection facilities rendering contamination or gross pathology
inconspicuous
*Animals suffering from a notifiable disease
*Meat declared by the OV to be unfit for human consumption.

Question 3

What are temperature requirements of meats?

Answer 3

• Chilling
• red meat = 7 oC
• white meat = 4 oC
• offal = 3 oC
• Freezing = -20 oC

Question 4

What should be done if suspected notifiable disease?

Answer 4

• Stop entry of animals
• Stop slaughter
• Isolate suspects + potentially contaminated carcases
• If negative result = meat released

Question 5

What is seen PM with anthrax?

Answer 5

• Bacillus anthracis
• Spleen severely enlarged + dark, extensive petechiae, blood clots + dark blood

Question 6

What are notifiable diseases of cattle?

Answer 6

 FMD
 Anthrax
 Rabies
 Rinderpest
 CBPP (contagious bovine
pleuropneumonia)
 Brucella abortus
 Warble Fly
 BSE
 Tuberculosis
 Enzootic Bovine Leukosis
 Bluetongue
 Rift Valley Fever
 Vesicular Stomatitis
 Lumpy Skin Disease

Question 7

What are notifiable diseases of sheep?

Answer 7

 Anthrax
 Brucella melitensis
 Bluetongue
 Contagious agalactia
 Contagious Epididymitis
 FMD
 Peste Des Petits
Ruminants
 Rabies
 Rift Valley Fever
 Sheep and Goat
Pox
 Scrapie

Question 8

Notifiable diseases of pigs?

Answer 8

 African Swine Fever
 Anthrax
 Aujeszky’s disease
 Classical Swine Fever
 FMD
 Rabies
 Swine Vesicular Disease
 Teschen
 Vesicular stomatitis
 Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea

Question 9

What are notifiable diseases of horses?

Answer 9

 African Horse Sickness
 Contagious Equine Metritis
 Dourine
 Epizootic Lymphangitis
 Equine Infectious Anaemia
 Equine iral Arteritis
 Equine Viral Encephalomyelitis
 Glanders and Farcy
 Rabies
 Vesicular Stomatitis
 West Nile Fever