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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-853/annex-III/section-VII/chapter-IV/division-B",
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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/VII/chapter/IV/division/B",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "B",
  "heading": "REQUIREMENTS FOR DISPATCH CENTRES",
  "text": "Food business operators operating dispatch centres must ensure compliance with the following requirements.\n1.. Handling of live bivalve molluscs, particularly conditioning, calibration, wrapping and packing, must not cause contamination of the product or affect the viability of the molluscs.\n2.. Before dispatch, the shells of live bivalve molluscs must be washed thoroughly with clean water.\n3.. Live bivalve molluscs must come from:\n(a) a class A production area;\n(b) a relaying area;\n(c) a purification centre;\nor\n(d) another dispatch centre.\n4.. The requirements laid down in points 1 and 2 also apply to dispatch centres situated on board vessels. Molluscs handled in such centres must come from a class A production area or a relaying area.",
  "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)."
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2004/853/annex/III/section/VII/chapter/IV/division/B",
    "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."
}