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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-protection-emergency-prohibitions-radioactivity-in-sheep-england-order-1991/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/6",
  "legislation_title": "The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Radioactivity in Sheep) (England) Order 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-protection-emergency-prohibitions-radioactivity-in-sheep-england-order-1991",
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  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Designated circumstances",
  "text": "In the opinion of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, food which is or may be in the future derived from sheep in the area described in Schedule 1 is, or may be, or may become unsuitable for human consumption in consequence of the elevated levels of radioactivity found in that area following the escape on or after 26th April 1986 of radioactive substances from a nuclear powered reactor situated at Chernobyl in the Ukraine, USSR.",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/6/article/2",
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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."
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