{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-safety-enforcement-order-northern-ireland-1997/article-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1997/492",
  "legislation_title": "Food Safety (Enforcement) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-safety-enforcement-order-northern-ireland-1997",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order —\n“dairy farm”—\n(a) means any farm on which milk is produced, but\n(b) does not include any part of any such premises on which milk is manufactured into other products;\n“licensed premises” means premises licensed under the Poultry Meat, Farmed Game Bird Meat and Rabbit Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995, the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 or the Wild Game Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997;\n“liquid milk plant”—\n(a) includes any premises—\n(i) in which milk is received, stored, treated, processed and packaged; or\n(ii) from which milk is supplied or distributed for sale; or\n(iii) in which milk is kept or used for purposes of sale; or\n(iv) in which vessels and equipment used for the sale of milk are kept, but\n(b) does not include—\n(i) any part of any such premises on which milk is manufactured into other products, or\n(ii) premises from which milk is sold by retail;\n“meat plant” means—\n(a) licensed premises;\n(b) premises approved under the Minced Meat and Meat Preparations (Hygiene) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 or the Meat Products (Hygiene) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997; or\n(c) premises registered under the Food Premises (Registration) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 and in which minced meat or meat preparations are produced;\n“meat preparations” has the meaning assigned to it by regulation 2 of the Minced Meat and Meat Preparations (Hygiene) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997;\n“meat products” has the meaning assigned to it by regulation 2(1) of the Meat Products (Hygiene) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997;\n“milk” includes cream and skimmed, semi-skimmed or separated milk;\n“minced meat” has the meaning assigned to it by regulation 2 of the Minced Meat and Meat Preparations (Hygiene) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997;\n“other products of animal origin” has the meaning assigned to it by regulation 2(1) of the Meat Products (Hygiene) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 1995 No. 396"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.R. 1997 No. 493"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.R. 1997 No. 496"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.R. 1997 No. 495"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "S.R. 1997 No. 494"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "S.R. 1992 No. 167; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1994 No. 346, S.R. 1995 No. 396, S.R. 1997 No. 493, S.R. 1997 No. 494, S.R. 1997 No. 495 and S.R. 1997 No. 496"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/492/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:26:19.090318+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."
}