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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-hygiene-scotland-regulations-2006/schedule-4/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2006/3",
  "legislation_title": "The Food Hygiene (Scotland) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-hygiene-scotland-regulations-2006",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Schedule, “shelf life” means–\n(a) in relation to food with respect to which an indication of minimum durability is required in accordance with Article 9(1)(f) of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the provision of food information to consumers, as read with Article 24(1) and (2) of, and point 1 of Annex X to, that Regulation, the period up to and including the date required to be included in that indication;\n(b) in relation to food with respect to which a “use by” date is assigned in the form required in accordance with Article 9(1)(f) of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the provision of food information to consumers, as read with Article 24(1) and (2) of, and point 2 of Annex X to, that Regulation, the period up to and including that date; and\n(c) in relation to food which is not required to bear an indication of minimum durability or a “use by” date, the period for which the food can be expected to remain fit for sale if it is kept in a manner which is consistent with food safety.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in sch. 4 para. 4 substituted (13.12.2014) by The Food Information (Scotland) Regulations 2014 (S.S.I. 2014/312), reg. 1(2), sch. 5 para. 12(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in sch. 4 para. 4 substituted (13.12.2014) by The Food Information (Scotland) Regulations 2014 (S.S.I. 2014/312), reg. 1(2), sch. 5 para. 12(b)"
    }
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  },
  "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."
}