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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/feeding-stuffs-sampling-and-analysis-regulations-1999/schedule-1/paragraph-7",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1663",
  "legislation_title": "The Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/feeding-stuffs-sampling-and-analysis-regulations-1999",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/7",
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  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Subject to paragraph 8 below, in the absence of good reason to the contrary, the sampling apparatus for solid feeding stuffs shall be taken from among the following:\n(a) a flat-bottomed shovel with vertical sides;\n(b) a sampling spear with dimensions appropriate to the characteristics of the sampled portion in all respects, including dimensions of the container and particle size of the feeding stuff;\n(c) mechanical apparatus which, if used for the purpose of sampling a feeding stuff being moved at the time the sample is taken, must be capable of taking samples right across the flow of the product;\n(d) apparatus designed to divide the sample into approximately equal parts for taking incremental samples, and for the preparation of reduced and final samples.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "affecting_title": "The Feeding Stuffs (Safety Requirements for Feed for Food–Producing Animals) Regulations 2004"
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    {
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      "affecting": "wsi/2005/3368",
      "affecting_title": "The Feed (Hygiene and Enforcement) (Wales) Regulations 2005"
    },
    {
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      "affecting_title": "The Feed (Hygiene and Enforcement) (Scotland) Regulations 2005"
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1663/schedule/1/paragraph/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:36:06.238560+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."
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