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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fresh-meat-export-hygiene-and-inspection-regulations-1987/schedule-6/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/2237",
  "legislation_title": "The Fresh Meat Export (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1987",
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  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Animals intended for slaughter shall undergo ante-mortem health inspection within 24 hours of arrival at the slaughterhouse. The inspection shall be repeated immediately before slaughter if the animal has been kept in lairage overnight and at any time if required by the official veterinary surgeon.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:14:06.171251+00:00"
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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."
}