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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fresh-meat-hygiene-and-inspection-regulations-1995/schedule-14/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1995/539",
  "legislation_title": "The Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995",
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  "path": "schedule/14/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The occupier of the cold store shall ensure that fresh meat is—\n(a) kept at a constant internal temperature of not more than +7°C for carcases and cuts, + 3°C for offal and -12°C for frozen fresh meat;\n(b) handled, loaded, unloaded and stored in an hygienic manner and, in particular, that it is loaded and unloaded under cover;\n(c) adequately protected during storage from the risk of contamination including taint;\n(d) identifiable as to origin while it is being stored; and\n(e) made available for inspection on request by an inspector or OVS.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2000/656",
      "affecting_title": "The Food Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2000/62",
      "affecting_title": "The Food Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) (Scotland) Regulations 2000"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1995/3189",
      "affecting_title": "The Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) (Amendment) Regulations 1995"
    },
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "uksi/1995/2148",
      "affecting_title": "The Wild Game Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995"
    }
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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."
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