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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/egg-products-regulations-1993/schedule-4/part-I/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1993/1520",
  "legislation_title": "The Egg Products Regulations 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/egg-products-regulations-1993",
  "path": "schedule/4/part/I/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "For each batch the sample of egg products which is tested shall comply with the following microbiological criteria:—\n(a) salmonellae: absence in 25 g or 25 ml of egg products;\n(b) mesophilic aerobic bacteria: M = 105 in 1 g or 1 ml;\n(c) enterobacteriaceae: M = 102 in 1 g or 1 ml;\n(d) Staphylococcus aureus:absence in 1g of egg products.\nM = maximum value for the number of bacteria; the result is considered unsatisfactory if the number of bacteria in one or more sample units is M or more.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/1520/schedule/4/part/I/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:55:12.128108+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."
}