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Food safety on the slaughterline: inspection of pig heads
Author(s) -
Petersen J. V.,
Sørensen F.,
Andersen J. K.,
Knudsen H.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.150.25.782
Subject(s) - food safety , animal health , human health , food inspection , head (geology) , environmental health , medicine , business , veterinary medicine , biology , pathology , paleontology
This paper summarises information on the current inspection procedures for pig heads on the slaughterline and their impact on food safety, and considers the implications for food safety of certain lesions. It is argued that although a modified slaughter and inspection technique would decrease the contamination of the carcase with pathogenic microorganisms, leaving lesions in the head undiscovered would be of little or no importance either for human health or for the overall supervision of animal health.