{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-2375/annex-I/division-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-2375/annex-I/division-1.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2017/2375",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/2375 of 15 December 2017 authorising the placing on the market of N-acetyl-D-neuraminic acid as a novel food ingredient under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2017) 8431) (Only the English text is authentic)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-2375",
  "path": "annex/I/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Definition:",
  "text": "Chemical name\nIUPAC names:\nN-Acetyl-D-neuraminic acid (dihydrate)\n5-Acetamido-3,5-dideoxy-D-glycero-D-galacto-non-2-ulopyranosonic acid (dihydrate),\nSynonyms:\nSialic acid (dihydrate)\nChemical formula\nC11H19NO9 (acid)\nC11H23NO11 (C11H19NO9 *2H2O) (dihydrate)\nMolecular mass\n309,3 Da (acid)\n345,3 (309,3 + 36,0) (dihydrate)\nCAS No.\n131-48-6 (free acid)\n50795-27-2 (dihydrate)\nDescription: N-Acetyl-D-neuraminic acid is a white to off-white crystalline powder.",
  "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/2017/2375/annex/I/division/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:13:15.938218+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."
}