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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fresh-meat-hygiene-and-inspection-regulations-1992/schedule-8/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1992/2037",
  "legislation_title": "The Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fresh-meat-hygiene-and-inspection-regulations-1992",
  "path": "schedule/8/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Subject to paragraph 2 below, animals intended for slaughter for human consumption shall undergo ante-mortem health inspection at the slaughterhouse before slaughter and such inspection shall take place—\n(a) within 24 hours of arrival;\n(b) if the animal has been kept in the lairage overnight, immediately before slaughter; and\n(c) at any other time, if required by the official veterinary surgeon.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/2037/schedule/8/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:17:04.922908+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."
}