{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-723/annex/division-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-723/annex/division-2.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2006/723",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 24 October 2006 authorising the placing on the market of ‘maize-germ oil high in unsaponifiable matter’ as a novel food ingredient under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document number C(2006) 4980) (Only the French text is authentic) (2006/723/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-723",
  "path": "annex/division/2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "SPECIFICATIONS",
  "text": "Unsaponifiable matter\n> 9 g/100 g\nTocopherols\n≥ 1,3 g/100 g\nα-tocopherol (%)\n10-25 %\nβ-tocopherol (%)\n< 3 %\nγ-tocopherol (%)\n68-89 %\nδ-tocopherol (%)\n< 7 %\nSterols, triterpenic alcohols, methylsterols\n> 6,5g/100 g\nFatty acids in tryglycerides\npalmitic acid\n10-20 %\nstearic acid\n< 3,3 %\noleic acid\n20-42,2 %\nlinoleic acid\n34-65,6 %\nlinolenic acid\n< 2 %\nAcid value\n≤ 6 mg KOH/g\nPeroxide value\n≤ 10 mEq O2/kg\nIron (Fe)\n< 1 500 μg/kg\nCopper (Cu)\n< 100 μg/kg\nPolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) Benzo(a)pyrene\n< 2 μg/kg\nTreatment with active carbon is required to ensure that polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) are not enriched in the production of ‘maize-germ oil high in unsaponifiable matter’.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2006/723/annex/division/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:17:27.424365+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."
}