{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/poultry-meat-water-content-regulations-1984/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/poultry-meat-water-content-regulations-1984/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1984/1145",
  "legislation_title": "The Poultry Meat (Water Content) Regulations 1984",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/poultry-meat-water-content-regulations-1984",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Identification of slaughterhouse from which poultry carcase originates",
  "text": "(1) There shall be made on, or visibly beneath, the wrapper of every poultry carcase, or on a ticket or notice attached to it, a marking sufficient to identify to an authorised officer the slaughterhouse from which the carcase originates.\n(2) Poultry carcases sent in large sealed packages—\n(a) from a slaughterhouse to cutting premises for cutting or boning therein, or\n(b) from a slaughterhouse or cutting premises to a manufacturer for the purposes of his manufacturing business, or\n(c) from a slaughterhouse or cutting premises to a caterer for the purposes of his catering business,\nshall be exempt from the requirement to be individually marked in accordance with paragraph (1) of this regulation, if there is made on the external surface of each large package a marking sufficient to identify to an authorised officer the slaughterhouse from which the poultry carcases in that package originate.\n(3) In this regulation “cutting premises” means premises used for the purpose of cutting or boning poultry meat intended for sale for human consumption, which is not subject to any preservation process on those premises other than chilling or freezing, but does not include any premises used for the purpose of catering or sales by retail.\n(4) No person shall sell any poultry carcase which does not comply with this regulation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1984/1145/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T17:34:50.805812+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."
}