{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1998-28/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1998-28/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/1998/28",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Directive 98/28/EC of 29 April 1998 granting a derogation from certain provisions of Directive 93/43/EEC on the hygiene of foodstuffs as regards the transport by sea of bulk raw sugar (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1998-28",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. The food business operator responsible for the transport of the raw sugar by sea shall keep documentary evidence, accurately describing in detail the immediate previous cargo carried in the receptacle and/or container/tanker concerned, and the type and effectiveness of the cleaning process applied prior to the transport of the raw sugar.\n2. The documentary evidence shall accompany the consignment during all stages of transport to the refinery and a copy shall be retained by the refinery. The documentary evidence shall be marked in a clearly visible and indelible fashion, in one or more Community languages, ‘This product must be refined before being used for human consumption’.\n3. On request, the food business operator responsible for the transport of the raw sugar and/or the refining process shall provide the competent official food control authorities with the documentary evidence referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1998/28/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:07.659868+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."
}