{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/poultry-breeding-flocks-and-hatcheries-order-1993/schedule-2/part-II/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/poultry-breeding-flocks-and-hatcheries-order-1993/schedule-2/part-II/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/1898",
  "legislation_title": "The Poultry Breeding Flocks and Hatcheries Order 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/poultry-breeding-flocks-and-hatcheries-order-1993",
  "path": "schedule/2/part/II/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The samples to be taken shall comprise—\n(a) a composite sample of meconium taken from 250 chicks, one such sample being taken every seven days in the case of grandparent flocks and every 14 days in the case of parent flocks, from those chicks hatched from eggs supplied to the hatchery from any particular breeding flock (including flocks of less than 250 domestic fowl); or\n(b) samples comprising—\n(i) the carcases of all chicks which are dead in the shells of eggs supplied to the hatchery from any particular breeding flock, and\n(ii) the carcases of all chicks hatched from eggs supplied to the hatchery from any particular breeding flock and which have been culled,\nsuch samples being taken from grandparent flocks every 7 days and from parent flocks every 14 days, up to a maximum of 50 in total.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/1898/schedule/2/part/II/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:52:49.536988+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."
}