{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-2375/annex-I/division-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-2375/annex-I/division-2.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/2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Specifications:",
  "text": "Parameter\nSpecifications\nDescription\nwhite to off-white crystalline powder\npH (20 °C, 5 % solution)\n1,7 – 2,5\nN-Acetyl-D-neuraminic acid (dihydrate)\n> 97,0 %\nWater (dihydrate calculates to 10,4 %)\n≤ 12,5 % (w/w)\nAsh, sulfated\n< 0,2 % (w/w)\nAcetic acid (as free acid and/or sodium acetate)\n< 0,5 % (w/w)\nHeavy Metals\nIron\n< 20,0 mg/kg\nLead\n< 0,1 mg/kg\nResidual proteins\n< 0,01 % (w/w)\nResidual solvents\n2-Propanol\n< 0,1 % (w/w)\nAcetone\n< 0,1 % (w/w)\nEthyl acetate\n< 0,1 % (w/w)\nMicrobiological specifications\nSalmonella\nAbsent in 25 g\nAerobic mesophilic total count\n< 500 CFU/g\nEnterobacteriaceae\nAbsent in 10 g\nCronobacter (Enterobacter) sakazakii\nAbsent in 10 g\nListeria monocytogenes\nAbsent in 25 g\nBacillus cereus\n< 50 CFU/g\nYeasts\n< 10 CFU/g\nMoulds\n< 10 CFU/g\nResidual endotoxins\n< 10 EU/mg\nCFU: Colony Forming Units; EU: Endotoxin Units.",
  "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/2",
    "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."
}