{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-598/annex-I",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-598/annex-I.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2016/598",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/598 of 14 April 2016 authorising an extension of use of lipid extract from Antarctic Krill (Euphausia superba) as a novel food ingredient under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Only the English text is authentic)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-598",
  "path": "annex/I",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "I",
  "heading": "Specification of a lipid extract from Antarctic Krill (Euphausia superba)",
  "text": "Description: To produce lipid extract from Antarctic Krill (Euphausia superba), milled Antarctic Krill is subjected to an extraction with ethanol. Proteins and krill material are removed from the lipid extract by filtration. The ethanol and residual water are removed by evaporation.\nExpressed as water activity at 25 °C.\nTest\nSpecification\nSaponification value\nNot more than 185 mg KOH/g\nPeroxide value (PV)\nNot more than 2 meq O2/kg oil\nMoisture and volatiles\nNot more than 0,6\nPhospholipids\nNot less than 35 % w/w\nTrans-fatty acids\nNot more than 1 % w/w\nEPA (eicosapentaenoic acid)\nNot less than 15 % of total fatty acids\nDHA (docosahexaenoic acid)\nNot less than 7 % of total fatty acids",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Expressed as water activity at 25 °C."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2016/598/annex/I",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:14:00.314805+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."
}