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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/feeding-stuffs-sampling-and-analysis-regulations-northern-ireland-1999/schedule-1/paragraph-7",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1999/296",
  "legislation_title": "Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999",
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  "number": "7",
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  "text": "Subject to paragraph 8, 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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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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