Figure 1.

Post‐mortem inspection of domestic and farmed game ungulates

• *: Shall be carried out if needed to:
  a) reach a definitive diagnosis of a suspected hazard; or
  b) detect the presence of:
  i) an animal disease for which animal health rules are laid down in Regulation (EU) 2016/429;
  ii) chemical residues or contaminants as referred to in Directive 96/23/EC 11 and Decision 97/747/EC 12, especially:
  — chemical residues in excess of the levels laid down in Regulations (EU) No 37/201013 and (EC) No 396/200514;
  — contaminants exceeding the maximum levels laid down in Regulations (EC) No 1881/200615 and (EC) No 124/200916; or
  — residues of substances that are prohibited or unauthorised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 37/2010 or Directive 96/22/EC 17;
  iii) non‐compliance with the microbiological criteria referred to in Article 3(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 2073/200518 or the possible presence of other microbiological hazards that would make the fresh meat unfit for human consumption;
  iv) other factors that might require the fresh meat to be declared unfit for human consumption or restrictions to be placed on its use.