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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/meat-products-hygiene-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/schedule-2/part-II/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1997/494",
  "legislation_title": "Meat Products (Hygiene) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/meat-products-hygiene-regulations-northern-ireland-1997",
  "path": "schedule/2/part/II/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Raw materials and the ingredients forming part of the composition of meat products as well as the products themselves and products of animal origin and their containers shall not come into direct contact with the ground and shall be handled and stored under conditions which preclude any risk of contamination. Care shall be taken to ensure that there is no contact between raw materials and finished products.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 Pt. II para. 2 in operation at 8.12.1997, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "nisr/1999/193",
      "affecting_title": "Meat Products (Hygiene) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999"
    },
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "nisr/2000/287",
      "affecting_title": "Meat (Disease Control) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 (revoked)"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/494/schedule/2/part/II/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:26:17.579450+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."
}