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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/meat-products-hygiene-regulations-1994/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/meat-products-hygiene-regulations-1994/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/3082",
  "legislation_title": "The Meat Products (Hygiene) Regulations 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/meat-products-hygiene-regulations-1994",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "FOOD\nMade 21st November 1994\nLaid before Parliament 9th December 1994\nComing into force 1st January 1995\nThe Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Health and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly, in relation to England and Wales, and the Secretary of State for Scotland in relation to Scotland, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 16(1)(b), (c), (d), (e) and (f), 17(1), 26, 45, 48(1) and 49(2) and paragraphs 5(1), (2) and (3), 6(1)(a) and 7(1) and (2) of Schedule 1 to, the Food Safety Act 1990 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, after consultation in accordance with section 48(4) of that Act with such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by the Regulations, hereby make the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1990 c. 16; “the Ministers” is defined in section 4(1) of the Act."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3082/introduction",
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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."
}