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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-288/annex/division-2",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2012/288",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision of 1 June 2012 authorising the placing on the market of Gamma-Cyclodextrin as a novel food ingredient under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2012) 3496) (Only the German text is authentic) (2012/288/EU)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-288",
  "path": "annex/division/2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Definition",
  "text": "A non-reducing cyclic saccharide consisting of eight α-1,4-linked D-glucopyranosyl units produced by the action of cyclodextrin glucosyltransferase (CGTase, EC 2.4.1.19) on hydrolysed starch. Recovery and purification of γ-cyclodextrin may be carried out by precipitation of a complex of γ-cyclodextrin with 8-cyclohexadecen-1-one, dissolution of the complex with water and n-decane, steam-stripping of the aqueous phase and recovery of gamma-CD from the solution by crystallisation.\nChemical name Cyclooctaamylose\nCAS number 17465-86-0\nChemical formula (C6H10O5)8\nStructural formula\nAssay Not less than 98 % (dry basis)\nDescription Virtually odourless, white or almost white crystalline solid",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2012/288/annex/division/2",
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  },
  "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."
}