Table 1.

Post-mortem procedures of traditional and risk-based inspection.

Traditional		Risk-Based
Inspection Line	Procedure	Evaluation and Classification	Procedure
A1—Head and jowl	Visual and incision	Head, jowl, and tongue	Visual
A—Uterus	Visual and palpation	Intestines, stomach, spleen, pancreas, bladder, and uterus *	Visual
B—Intestines, stomach, spleen, pancreas, and bladder	Visual, palpation, and incision
		Inspection of mesenteric lymph nodes	Visual and incision
C—Heart and tongue	Visual, palpation, and incision	Heart	Visual and incision
D—Lungs and liver	Visual, palpation, and incision	Lungs and liver	Visual and palpation
E—Carcass	Visual and incision of lymph nodes	Carcass	Visual
F—Kidneys	Visual, palpation, and incision	Kidneys *	Visual
G—Brain *	Visual	Brain *	Visual

* The spleen, pancreas, bladder, uterus, kidneys, and brain undergo specific procedures only when intended for human consumption; this is not applicable for the assessment in question [2,29].