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  "legislation": "eudn/2012/461",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision of 3 August 2012 authorising the placing on the market of a novel chewing gum base as a novel food ingredient under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Implementing Decision 2011/882/EU (notified under document C(2012) 5406) (Only the English text is authentic) (2012/461/EU)",
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  "path": "annex/division/1",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Description",
  "text": "The novel food ingredient is a synthetic polymer (Patent number WO2006016179). It has a white to off-white colour.\nIt consists of branched polymers of monomethoxypolyethylene glycol (MPEG) grafted onto polyisoprene-graft-maleic anhydride (PIP-g-MA), and unreacted MPEG (less than 35 % by weight).\nCAS No 1246080-53-4",
  "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/2012/461/annex/division/1",
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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."
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