{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/milk-special-designation-regulations-1988/schedule-5/part-II/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/milk-special-designation-regulations-1988/schedule-5/part-II/paragraph-2.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/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Reagent – Methylene Blue",
  "text": "(1) Tablets manufactured under arrangements made by the Minister shall be used for the test. A solution shall be prepared aseptically by adding one tablet to 200 ml. of cold, sterile, glass-distilled water in a sterile flask, shaking until the tablet is completely dissolved, and making up the solution to 800 ml. with cold, sterile, glass-distilled water. The resultant solution shall be stored in a stoppered sterile flask in a cool, dark place, and shall not be used if–\n(a) it has been exposed to sunlight, or\n(b) a period of two months has elapsed since the date of preparation.\n(2) The amount of methylene blue required for a day’s work shall be poured off from the stock bottle into a suitable glass container. The pipette used for transferring the methylene blue solution to the tubes of milk shall not be introduced into the stock bottle.",
  "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/2",
    "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."
}