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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contaminants-in-food-england-regulations-2013/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2013/2196",
  "legislation_title": "The Contaminants in Food (England) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contaminants-in-food-england-regulations-2013",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Controls on erucic acid",
  "text": "(1) No person may place on the market, for consumption by the final consumer, a product to which this Part applies in which the level of erucic acid exceeds 5%, calculated on the total level of fatty acids in the fat component.\n(2) The level of erucic acid in a food is to be determined according to the methods of screening and analysis prescribed in Article 2 of and the Annex to Directive 80/891.\n(3) Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) is guilty of an offence.\n(4) In paragraph (1) “final consumer” means the ultimate consumer of a foodstuff who will not use the food as part of any food business operation or activity.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/2196/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:42:50.297661+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."
}