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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fresh-meat-export-hygiene-and-inspection-regulations-1987/schedule-8/part-I/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/2237",
  "legislation_title": "The Fresh Meat Export (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fresh-meat-export-hygiene-and-inspection-regulations-1987",
  "path": "schedule/8/part/I/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The inspection shall include—\n(a) visual examination of the slaughtered animal and the organs belonging to it;\n(b) palpation of the organs referred to in Part II, III, IV, V and VI of this Schedule and where considered necessary by the official veterinary surgeon, the uterus;\n(c) incisions of organs and lymph nodes as specified in Parts II, III, IV, V and VI of this Schedule; and\n(d) any additional incisions or examinations that an authorised officer of the Council considers necessary.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/2237/schedule/8/part/I/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:14:06.171251+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."
}