{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-safety-sampling-and-qualifications-regulations-1990/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-safety-sampling-and-qualifications-regulations-1990/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1990/2463",
  "legislation_title": "The Food Safety (Sampling and Qualifications) Regulations 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-safety-sampling-and-qualifications-regulations-1990",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Procedure where a sample is to be examined",
  "text": "An authorised officer who has procured a sample under section 29 of the Act and who considers that it should be examined shall–\n(a) if necessary place the sample in a suitable container and seal the container;\n(b) mark the sample or container;\n(c) as soon as it is reasonably practicable to do so, give notice to the owner that the sample will be examined; and\n(d) submit it for examination.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "applied (with modifications)",
      "affecting": "ssi/2004/187",
      "affecting_title": "The Food (Jelly Mini-Cups) (Emergency Control) (Scotland) Regulations 2004"
    },
    {
      "type": "applied (with modifications)",
      "affecting": "wsi/2002/1090",
      "affecting_title": "The Food (Jelly Confectionery) (Emergency Control) (Wales) Regulations 2002"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/2463/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:55:37.105823+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."
}