The post-mortem inspection of domestic pigs within the European Union was revised in 2014, primarily to include visual meat inspection of each carcase and offal. Palpations and incisions were removed from routine meat inspection procedures, as they are mostly used to detect pathological lesions caused by organisms irrelevant for public health, and instead can cause cross-contamination of carcases with foodborne pathogens. However, examination of all external surfaces of the carcase and organs, declaration of patho-physiological lesions as unfit for human consumption, and possibility for minimal handling of carcases and offals were held in place. In addition, the European Food Safety Authority suggested that palpation and incisions should be performed outside the slaughter line, but this was not incorporated in the revised legislation. We surveyed in 2014 the opinions of meat inspectors and veterinarians using an online questionnaire to determine what practical measures are required for the visual meat inspection procedure and when meat inspection staff consider additional palpations and incisions necessary. Based on the survey, turning the carcase and organs or technical arrangements such as mirrors were seen necessary to view all external surfaces. In addition, the pluck set cannot be trimmed on the side line. Local lesions, such as abscesses and lesions in the lymph nodes, signs of systemic infection and lymphoma, were the major lesions requiring additional post-mortem meat inspection procedures. Meat inspection personnel raised concerns on the poor quality of food chain information and export requirements demanding palpations and incisions. The efficient use of visual meat inspection requires legislation to better support the implementation and application of it, changes in the slaughter line layout and a possibility to classify incoming pig batches based on their risk.

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兽医和肉类检查员对目视肉类检查在芬兰家猪中的实际应用的看法

欧盟内部对家猪的验尸检查于2014年进行了修订，主要包括对每个屠体和内脏进行肉眼检查。触诊和切口已从常规肉类检查程序中删除，因为它们大多用于检测由与公共卫生无关的生物体引起的病理性病变，而是可以导致食源性病原体与尸体发生交叉污染。然而，对尸体和器官所有外表面的检查，病理生理性损伤的声明不适合人类食用以及对尸体和内脏的处理最少的可能性仍然存在。此外，欧洲食品安全局建议应在屠宰线外进行触诊和切开手术，但这并未纳入修订的法律中。我们在2014年使用在线问卷调查了肉类检查员和兽医的意见，以确定肉类视觉检查程序需要采取哪些实际措施，以及肉类检查人员何时考虑需要额外的触诊和切口。根据调查结果，认为必须转动尸体和器官或镜子等技术装置才能查看所有外部表面。另外，采摘套件不能在边线上修剪。局部病变，例如脓肿和淋巴结病变，全身感染迹象和淋巴瘤，是主要的病变，需要额外的验尸肉检查程序。肉类检查人员对食物链信息质量差和出口要求要求触诊和切开表示担忧。