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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-853/annex-II/section-II/division-2",
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  "legislation": "eur/2004/853",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-853",
  "path": "annex/II/section/II/division/2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "The procedures must guarantee that each animal or, where appropriate, each lot of animals accepted onto the slaughterhouse premises:",
  "text": "(a) is properly identified;\n(b) is accompanied by the relevant information from the holding of provenance referred to in Section III;\n(c) does not come from a holding or an area subject to a movement prohibition or other restriction for reasons of animal or public health, except when the competent authority so permits;\n(d) is clean;\n(e) is healthy, as far as the food business operator can judge;\nand\n(f) is in a satisfactory state as regards welfare on arrival at the slaughterhouse.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "text": "Substituted by Corrigendum to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin (Official Journal of the European Union L 139 of 30 April 2004)."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2004/853/annex/II/section/II/division/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:55:34.013502+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."
}