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Meat is to be declared unfit for human consumption if it: derives from animals that have not undergone ante-mortem inspection, except for hunted wild game; derives from animals the offal of which has not undergone post-mortem inspection, unless otherwise provided for under this Regulation or Regulation (EC) No .../2004 Note for Official Journal: Insert No of Regulation laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin (see recital 1, 2nd Regulation). ; derives from animals which are dead before slaughter, stillborn, unborn or slaughtered under the age of 7 days; (d)results from the trimming of sticking points; derives from animals affected by an OIE List A or, where appropriate, OIE List B disease, unless otherwise provided for in Section IV; derives from animals affected by a generalised disease, such as generalised septicaemia, pyaemia, toxaemia or viraemia; (g)is not in conformity with microbiological criteria laid down under Community legislation to determine whether food may be placed on the market; (h)exhibits parasitic infestation, unless otherwise provided for in Section IV; contains residues or contaminants in excess of the levels laid down in Community legislation. Any overshooting of the relevant level should lead to additional analyses whenever appropriate; without prejudice to more specific Community legislation, derives from animals or carcases containing residues of forbidden substances or from animals that have been treated with forbidden substances; (k)consists of the liver and kidneys of animals more than two years old from regions where implementation of plans approved in accordance with Article 5 of Directive 96/23/EC has revealed the generalised presence of heavy metals in the environment; has been treated illegally with decontaminating substances; has been treated illegally with ionising or UV-rays; contains foreign bodies (except, in the case of wild game, material used to hunt the animal); exceeds the maximum permitted radioactivity levels laid down under Community legislation; indicates patho-physiological changes, anomalies in consistency, insufficient bleeding (except for wild game) or organoleptic anomalies, in particular a pronounced sexual odour; derives from emaciated animals; contains specified risk material, except as provided for under Community legislation; shows soiling, faecal or other contamination; consists of blood that may constitute a risk to public or animal health owing to the health status of any animal from which it derives or contamination arising during the slaughter process; in the opinion of the official veterinarian, after examination of all the relevant information, it may constitute a risk to public or animal health or is for any other reason not suitable for human consumption.

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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.