Meat Safety Act, 2000 (Act No. 40 of 2000)Red Meat Regulations, 2004Part VI : Meat Inspections [Section 11(1)(j)]B. Primary meat inspections(1) Cattle87. Inspection of cattle heads |
| 1) | When inspecting the head the registered inspector must inspect bilaterally - |
| a) | the Lnn mandibulares, Lnn parotidei, and the Lnn retropharyngiales, by multiple incisions; and |
| b) | the external masseters (M. masseter), by making two deep linear incisions parallel to the mandible, and the internal masseters (M. pterigoideus medialis), by making a single deep linear incision. |
| 2) | The registered inspector must observe and palpate the tongue. |
| 3) | The registered inspector must observe the skin (or external surface of de-masked heads), lips, gums, hard and soft palates, eyes and nostrils. |
| 4) | The tonsils must be removed after inspection as part of the slaughtering process and condemned. |