{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-sheep-carcase-classification-and-price-reporting-england-regulations-2025/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-sheep-carcase-classification-and-price-reporting-england-regulations-2025/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2025/9780348272369",
  "legislation_title": "The Sheep Carcase (Classification and Price Reporting) (England) Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-sheep-carcase-classification-and-price-reporting-england-regulations-2025",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Presentation of carcases for classification",
  "text": "(1) The operator of a regulated slaughterhouse must ensure that each carcase in that slaughterhouse is presented for classification by hanging it and preparing it according to either of the carcase specifications set out in paragraph (2) or (3).\n(2) The “reference specification” is presentation of the carcase following removal of—\n(a) the head, severed at the atlanto-occipital joint;\n(b) the feet, severed at the carpometacarpal or tarsometatarsal joints;\n(c) the tail, severed between the sixth and seventh caudal vertebrae;\n(d) the udder;\n(e) the genitalia;\n(f) the liver; and\n(g) the pluck.\n(3) The “UK standard specification” is presentation of the carcase following removal of all parts set out in paragraph (2)(a) to (g) and additionally removal of the kidney knobs, channel fat and diaphragm.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2025/9780348272369/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:39:05.649314+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."
}