{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-food-regulations-1988/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-food-regulations-1988/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/536",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare Food Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-food-regulations-1988",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Use of milk, dried milk and vitamins",
  "text": "Any milk, dried milk or vitamins obtained by or on behalf of a beneficiary and any dried milk obtained by a person pursuant to regulation 5 may be consumed only by the person for whom it was obtained unless–\n(a) in the case of milk or dried milk the beneficiary or other person for whom it was obtained has consumed within the period of 7 consecutive days immediately preceding the consumption a quantity of milk or dried milk approximately equal to the quantity of milk or dried milk obtained in respect of him; or\n(b) the consumption is reasonably necessary to avoid waste or is trifling in amount; or\n(c) the milk is provided under regulation 4.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1989/524",
      "affecting_title": "The Welfare Food Amendment Regulations 1989"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/536/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:09:21.236733+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."
}