POST-MORTEM INSPECTION OF PIGS IN THE EU TO CHANGE NEXT YEAR
December 8th, 2013
THE POST-MORTEM inspection of pigs across the European Union (EU) is to change from next year to omit currently required palpations and incisions. This follows European Union (EU) agriculture ministers agreeing to change EU rules on such work at a meeting on Tuesday (December 17) in Brussels.The amended EU regulation laying down specific rules for the organisation of official controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption (EC No 854/2004), which will apply from June 1, 2014, will require only visual inspection of pigs after they have been ...
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