{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fresh-meat-export-hygiene-and-inspection-scotland-regulations-1987/schedule-13/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/800",
  "legislation_title": "The Fresh Meat Export (Hygiene and Inspection) (Scotland) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fresh-meat-export-hygiene-and-inspection-scotland-regulations-1987",
  "path": "schedule/13/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The occupier shall ensure that fresh meat intended for export is –\n(a) kept at an internal temperature of not more than +7C for carcase and cuts and +3C for offal and, if frozen, maintained at a temperature of not more than–12C;\n(b) supervised by an official veterinary surgeon or inspector at the time of loading for despatch;\n(c) handled, loaded and unloaded, stored and, if freezing is carried out, frozen in a hygienic manner, and in particular that it is handled, loaded and unloaded under cover;\n(d) adequately protected during storage from the risk of contamination including taint;\n(e) stored separately from meat which is not eligible for export in accordance with these Regulations;\n(f) identifiable as to origin while it is being stored;\n(g) made available for inspection on request by an official veterinary surgeon or inspector.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1991/289",
      "affecting_title": "The Fresh Meat Export (Hygiene and Inspection) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1991"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1991/289",
      "affecting_title": "The Fresh Meat Export (Hygiene and Inspection) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1991"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/800/schedule/13/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:27:17.567080+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."
}