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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/meat-products-hygiene-regulations-1994/schedule-5/part-II/paragraph-2n1",
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  "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/part/II/paragraph/2n1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Standards applicable to premises collecting or processing raw materials",
  "text": "The processing premises shall have at least:\n(a) a cold store, unless the raw materials are collected and rendered within the time limits laid down in paragraph B(c)(ii) and (iii) below;\n(b) a room or place to receive raw materials;\n(c) an installation to facilitate the visual inspection of raw materials;\n(d) if appropriate, an installation to crush raw materials;\n(e) equipment for the rendering of raw materials by heat or pressure or other appropriate method;\n(f) containers or tanks in which the fat can be kept in liquid state;\n(g) apparatus for plastification or crystallisation of the fat to facilitate market preparation and packaging, unless the establishment dispatches liquid rendered animal fat only;\n(h) a dispatch room, unless the establishment dispatches melted animal fat only by means of tankers;\n(i) watertight containers for the disposal of raw materials unfit for human consumption;\n(j) if appropriate, suitable equipment for the preparation of products consisting of rendered animal fat mixed with other foodstuffs and/or seasonings;\n(k) if greaves are produced, suitable facilities ensuring their hygienic collection, wrapping and packaging and storage under the conditions laid down in paragraph B(i) below.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    },
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3082/schedule/5/part/II/paragraph/2n1",
    "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."
}