{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/egg-products-regulations-1993/schedule-4/part-VI/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/egg-products-regulations-1993/schedule-4/part-VI/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/1520",
  "legislation_title": "The Egg Products Regulations 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/egg-products-regulations-1993",
  "path": "schedule/4/part/VI/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 criteria:—\n(a) the concentration of 3 OH-butyric acid must not exceed 10 mg/kg in the dry matter of the unmodified egg product;\n(b) in order to ensure the hygienic handling of eggs and egg products the following standards shall apply–\n(i) the lactic acid content shall not exceed 1000 mg/kg of egg product dry matter (applicable only to the untreated egg product),\n(ii) the succinic acid content shall not exceed 25 mg/kg of egg product dry matter.\nIn the case of fermented products, these values are those recorded before the fermentation process.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/1520/schedule/4/part/VI/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."
}