{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/milk-special-designation-regulations-1989/schedule-5/part-I/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/milk-special-designation-regulations-1989/schedule-5/part-I/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/2383",
  "legislation_title": "The Milk (Special Designation) Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/milk-special-designation-regulations-1989",
  "path": "schedule/5/part/I/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Taking of sample",
  "text": "When the milk (other than milk which has been treated by the ultra high temperature method) is in containers with a capacity exceeding 1.25 litres, the sample shall consist of not less than 60 ml. of the milk. The milk shall be thoroughly stirred before sampling and the sample shall be taken from well below the surface of the milk. The instruments used for stirring and sampling shall be sterile and the sample shall be poured into a sterile bottle which shall thereupon be immediately stoppered. The part of the stopper which may come into contact with the milk shall be sterile. Where the person taking the sample breaks the seal on a container he shall, after taking the sample, re-seal the container and attach to it a label certifying that it has been opened and re-sealed by him.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/2383/schedule/5/part/I/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:31:03.799102+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."
}