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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-853/annex-III/section-IV/chapter-II/division-8",
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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/III/section/IV/chapter/II/division/8",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "In addition, unskinned large wild game:",
  "text": "(a)may be skinned and placed on the market only if:\n(i)before skinning, it is stored and handled separately from other food and it is not frozen;\n(ii)after skinning, it undergoes a final inspection in a game-handling establishment in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 854/2004;\n(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 633/2014 of 13 June 2014 amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the specific requirements for handling large wild game and for the post-mortem inspection of wild game (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Annex 3 Section 4 Ch. 2 para. 8(b) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Specific Food Hygiene (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/640), regs. 1, 19(4)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "X",
      "label": "X1",
      "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)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2004/853/annex/III/section/IV/chapter/II/division/8",
    "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."
}