{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-salmonella-in-broiler-flocks-order-2009/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/260",
  "legislation_title": "The Control of Salmonella in Broiler Flocks Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-salmonella-in-broiler-flocks-order-2009",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“broiler flock” means a flock kept for the production of meat intended for human consumption;\n“Commission Regulation (EU) No 200/2012” means Commission Regulation (EU) No 200/2012 concerning a Union target for the reduction of Salmonella enteritidis and Salmonella typhimurium in flocks of broilers, as provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003;\n“flock” means all chickens of the same health status kept on the same premises or in the same enclosure and constituting a single epidemiological unit and, in the case of housed chickens, includes all birds sharing the same airspace;\n“holding” means any holding on which one or more broiler flocks of chickens are kept or are intended to be kept;\n“occupier” means, in relation to any holding, the person in charge of the holding;\n“chickens” means birds of the species Gallus gallus.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 2 inserted (24.12.2012) by The Agriculture, Animals, Environment and Food etc. (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2897), arts. 1(1), 28(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/260/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:18:12.666870+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}