{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1882/annex/division-A/division-A.3/division-A.3.8",
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  "legislation": "eur/2006/1882",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1882/2006 of 19 December 2006 laying down methods of sampling and analysis for the official control of the levels of nitrates in certain foodstuffs (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1882",
  "path": "annex/division/A/division/A.3/division/A.3.8",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "A.3.8",
  "heading": "Sealing and labelling of samples",
  "text": "Each sample taken for official use shall be sealed at the place of sampling and identified following the rules applicable in each constituent territory of Great Britain.\nA record shall be kept of each sampling, permitting each lot to be identified unambiguously and the sampling officer shall record the variety, grower, production method, date, place of sampling, food business operator responsible for consignment, and any other relevant information likely to be of assistance to the analyst.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Annex para. A.3.8 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Contaminants in Food (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/639), regs. 1, 27(c) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1504, regs. 1(2), 8(9)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/1882/annex/division/A/division/A.3/division/A.3.8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:53:15.252207+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."
}