{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/meat-products-hygiene-regulations-1994/schedule-5/paragraph-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/meat-products-hygiene-regulations-1994/schedule-5/paragraph-10.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/3082",
  "legislation_title": "The Meat Products (Hygiene) Regulations 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/meat-products-hygiene-regulations-1994",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/10",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Additional hygiene requirements relating to the preparation of rendered animal fat, greaves and by-products",
  "text": "Rendered animal fat, depending on type, shall meet the following standards:\nBovines\nEdible tallow\nPremier jus\nOther\nTallow for refining\nPigs\nEdible lard\nLard for refining\nOther animal fat\nEdible\nFor refining\nFFA (m/m % oleic acid) maximum\n0.75\n1.25\n3.0\n0.75\n2.0\n1.25\n3.00\nPeroxyd maximum\n4 meg/kg\n4 meg/kg\n6 meg/kg\n4 meg/kg\n6 meg/kg\n4 meg/kg\n10 meg/kg\nMoisture and impurities\nmaximum 0.5%\nOdour, taste, colour\nnormal",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Rendered animal fat obtained by the low-temperature rendering of fresh fat from the heart, caul, kidneys and mesentery of bovine animals, and fat from cutting rooms."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Fresh fat obtained from rendering the adipose tissues of swine."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
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      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1999/683",
      "affecting_title": "The Meat Products (Hygiene) (Amendment) Regulations 1999"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1999/683",
      "affecting_title": "The Meat Products (Hygiene) (Amendment) Regulations 1999"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1999/683",
      "affecting_title": "The Meat Products (Hygiene) (Amendment) Regulations 1999"
    },
    {
      "type": "rev.in Pt.",
      "affecting": "uksi/1999/683",
      "affecting_title": "The Meat Products (Hygiene) (Amendment) Regulations 1999"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1999/683",
      "affecting_title": "The Meat Products (Hygiene) (Amendment) Regulations 1999"
    },
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "uksi/2000/2216",
      "affecting_title": null
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3082/schedule/5/paragraph/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:21:43.011400+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."
}