{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-medicines-regulations-2007/schedule-5/paragraph-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-medicines-regulations-2007/schedule-5/paragraph-19.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/2539",
  "legislation_title": "The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-medicines-regulations-2007",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/19",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Sampling and analysis",
  "text": "(1) If any enforcement action is taken under this Schedule based on a sample, that sample must have been taken and analysed in accordance with Council Directive 76/371/EEC (establishing Community methods of sampling for the official control of feedingstuffs).\n(2) Unless otherwise specified in the marketing authorisation, it is a defence if the active ingredient in the sample is within the following tolerances—\nTolerance table\nLevel of active ingredient specified on the label\nTolerance£\n≤50 mg/kg\n±50%\n>50 mg/kg £ ≤500 mg/kg\n±40%\n>500 mg/kg ≤5g/kg\n±30%\n>5g/kg ≤50g/kg\n±20%\n>50g/kg\n±10%",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No. L102, 15.4.76, p. 1."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/2539/schedule/5/paragraph/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:44:29.692897+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."
}