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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-853/annex-III/section-VI/division-1",
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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/VI/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Food business operators must ensure that the following items are not used in the preparation of meat products:",
  "text": "(a) genital organs of either female or male animals, except testicles;\n(b) urinary organs, except the kidneys and the bladder;\n(c) the cartilage of the larynx, the trachea and the extra-lobular bronchi;\n(d) eyes and eyelids;\n(e) the external auditory meatus;\n(f) horn tissue;\nand\n(g) in poultry, the head — except the comb and the ears, the wattles and caruncles — the oesophagus, the crop, the intestines and the genital organs.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "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": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2004/853/annex/III/section/VI/division/1",
    "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."
}