{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/meat-products-hygiene-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/schedule-5/paragraph-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/meat-products-hygiene-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/schedule-5/paragraph-10.json",
  "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/5/paragraph/10",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Rendered animal fat, depending on type, shall meet the following standards:\nBovines\nPigs\nOther animal fat\nEdible tallow\nTallow for refining\nEdible pig fat\nLard and other pork fat for refining\nPremier jus(1)\nOther\nLard(2)\nOther fat\nEdible\nFor refining\nFFA (m/m% oleic acid) maximum\n0.75\n1.25\n3.0\n0.75\n1.25\n2.0\n1.25\n3.00\nPeroxyd maximum (meg/kg)\n4\n4\n6\n4\n6\n6\n4\n10\nMoisture and impurities\nmaximum 0.5%\nOdour, taste, and colour\nnormal\n(1) 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.\n(1) Melted fat obtained from rendering the adipose tissues of swine.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 10 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"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/494/schedule/5/paragraph/10",
    "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."
}