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Additional examinations are to take place, such as palpation and incision of parts of the carcase and offal and laboratory tests, whenever considered necessary: to reach a definitive diagnosis; or to detect the presence of: an animal disease, residues or contaminants in excess of the levels laid down under Community legislation, non-compliance with microbiological criteria, or other factors that might require the meat to be declared unfit for human consumption or restrictions to be placed on its use, particularly in the case of animals having undergone emergency slaughter.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-04 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.