{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-853/annex-III/section-XI",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-853/annex-III/section-XI.json",
  "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/XI",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "XI:",
  "heading": "FROGS' LEGS AND SNAILS",
  "text": "Food business operators preparing frogs' legs or snails for human consumption must ensure compliance with the following requirements.\n1.. Frogs and snails must be killed in an establishment constructed, laid out and equipped for that purpose.\n2.. Establishment in which frogs' legs are prepared must have a room reserved for the storage and washing of live frogs, and for their slaughter and bleeding. This room must be physically separate from the preparation room.\n3.. Frogs and snails that die otherwise than by being killed in the establishment must not be prepared for human consumption.\n4.. Frogs and snails must be subjected to an organoleptic examination carried out by sampling. If that examination indicates that they might present a hazard, they must not be used for human consumption.\n5.. Immediately following preparation, frogs' legs must be washed fully with running potable water and immediately chilled to a temperature approaching that of melting ice, frozen or processed.\n6.. After killing, snails' hepato-pancreas must, if it might present a hazard, be removed and not be used for human consumption.",
  "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/XI",
    "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."
}