{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-standards-act-1999-transitional-and-consequential-provisions-and-savings-scotland-regulations-2000/schedule-5/paragraph-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-standards-act-1999-transitional-and-consequential-provisions-and-savings-scotland-regulations-2000/schedule-5/paragraph-8.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2000/62",
  "legislation_title": "The Food Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) (Scotland) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-standards-act-1999-transitional-and-consequential-provisions-and-savings-scotland-regulations-2000",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "For regulation 21(5) there is substituted–\n“(5) Before authorising the release of any product, the official veterinary surgeon shall–\n(a) where he has any doubt relating to the protection of public health whether a product should be released, consult the Agency; and\n(b) where he has any doubt relating to the protection of animal health whether a product should be released, consult the Scottish Ministers,\nand shall take no further action in connection with the release of the product without first informing the Agency or the Scottish Ministers.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "ssi/2005/616",
      "affecting_title": "The Official Feed and Food Controls (Scotland) Regulations 2005"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2000/62/schedule/5/paragraph/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:51:31.724021+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."
}