{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/milk-special-designation-regulations-1988/schedule-5/part-II/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/milk-special-designation-regulations-1988/schedule-5/part-II/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/2204",
  "legislation_title": "The Milk (Special Designation) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/milk-special-designation-regulations-1988",
  "path": "schedule/5/part/II/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Treatment of sample",
  "text": "(1) On arrival at the testing laboratory the sample of milk shall at once be removed from the insulated container. Thereafter it shall be stored as follows:–\n(a) a sample taken at any time during the period from 1 May to 31 October, inclusive, in any year shall be kept at atmospheric shade temperature until 9.30 a.m. on the following day;\n(b) a sample taken at any time during the period from 1 November to 30 April, inclusive, in any year shall be kept in its original container or in a sterile sample bottle of at least 80 ml. capacity at atmospheric shade temperature until 5.00 p.m. on the day of sampling and thereafter at a constant temperature of 18.3°C.±1°C. until 9.30 a.m. on the following day.\n(2) If during the period of storage at atmospheric shade temperature to which a sample is subjected this temperature at any time exceeds 21°C., the test shall not be applied.\n(3) The test shall be begun between 9.30 and 10.00 a.m. on the day after the sample is taken.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/2204/schedule/5/part/II/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:52:33.040224+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."
}