{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/meat-inspection-regulations-1987/schedule-1/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/meat-inspection-regulations-1987/schedule-1/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/2236",
  "legislation_title": "The Meat Inspection Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/meat-inspection-regulations-1987",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The carcase and offal and the blood of each slaughtered animal shall be inspected without delay. The inspector shall have regard to—\n(a) the age and sex of the animal;\n(b) the state of nutrition of the animal;\n(c) any evidence of bruising or haemorrhage;\n(d) any local or general oedema;\n(e) the efficiency of bleeding;\n(f) any swelling, deformity or other abnormality of bones, joints, musculature or umbilicus;\n(g) any abnormality in consistency, colour, odour and, where appropriate, taste;\n(h) the condition of the pleura and peritoneum;\n(i) any other evidence of abnormality.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1990/2495",
      "affecting_title": "The Meat Inspection (Amendment) Regulations 1990"
    },
    {
      "type": "excluded",
      "affecting": "uksi/1987/2237",
      "affecting_title": "The Fresh Meat Export (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1987"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/2236/schedule/1/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:14:07.096521+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."
}