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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-protection-emergency-prohibitions-paralytic-shellfish-poisoning-order-1991/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1235",
  "legislation_title": "The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning) Order 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-protection-emergency-prohibitions-paralytic-shellfish-poisoning-order-1991",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Designated circumstances",
  "text": "In the opinion of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food,scallops in the area designated in article 3 below may be affected bythe toxin which causes Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning in human beings andare likely to create a hazard to human health if they are consumed.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1235/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:43:57.628941+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."
}