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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-safety-northern-ireland-order-1991/schedule-1/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1991/762",
  "legislation_title": "The Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-safety-northern-ireland-order-1991",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Provision for regulating generally the treatment and disposal of any food—\n(a) which is unfit for human consumption; or\n(b) which, though not unfit for human consumption, is not intended for, or is prohibited from being sold for, such consumption.\n(2) Provision for the following, namely—\n(a) for the registration by the Department of Agriculture or the Food Standards Agency of premises used or proposed to be used for the purpose of sterilising meat to which sub-paragraph (1) applies, and for prohibiting the use for that purpose of any premises which are not registered in accordance with the regulations; or\n(b) for the issue by that Department or the Food Standards Agency of licences in respect of the use of premises for the purpose of sterilising such meat, and for prohibiting the use for that purpose of any premises except in accordance with a licence issued under the regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1996 NI 12"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "1999 c. 28"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1991/762/schedule/1/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:45:55.257191+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."
}