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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-1375/annex-I/chapter-II/division-C/division-1",
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  "legislation": "eur/2015/1375",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1375 of 10 August 2015 laying down specific rules on official controls for Trichinella in meat (Codification) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-1375",
  "path": "annex/I/chapter/II/division/C/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Apparatus and reagents",
  "text": "(a)Knife or scissors for cutting specimens.\n(b)Trays marked off with 50 squares, each of which can hold samples of approximately 2 g of meat, or other tools giving equivalent guarantees as regards the traceability of the samples.\n(c)A Trichomatic 35® blender with filtration insert.\n(d)Hydrochloric acid 8,5 ± 0,5 % weight.\n(e)Transparent polycarbonate membrane filters with a diameter of 50 mm and a pore size of 14 microns.\n(f)Pepsin, strength 1:10 000 NF (US National Formulary) corresponding to 1:12 500 BP (British Pharmacopoeia) and to 2 000 FIP (Fédération internationale de pharmacie), or stabilised liquid pepsin with minimum 660 European Pharmacopoeia units/ml.\n(g)A balance accurate to 0,1 g.\n(h)Tweezers with a flat tip.\n(i)A number of microscope slides with a side-length of at least 5 cm or a number of petri dishes at least 6 cm in diameter, marked on their undersides into 10 × 10 mm square areas using a pointed instrument.\n(j)A (stereo-)microscope with transmitted light (magnification 15 to 60 times) or a trichinoscope with a horizontal table.\n(k)A bin for collection of waste liquids.\n(l)A number of 10 litre bins to be used for decontamination of apparatus, e.g. with formol, and for digestive juice remaining where specimens test positive.\n(m)A thermometer accurate to 0,5 °C within the range 1 to 100 °C.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2015/1375/annex/I/chapter/II/division/C/division/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:46:31.881114+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."
}