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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-1935/article-3",
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  "legislation": "eur/2004/1935",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 2004 on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food and repealing Directives 80/590/EEC and 89/109/EEC",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-1935",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "General requirements",
  "text": "1. Materials and articles, including active and intelligent materials and articles, shall be manufactured in compliance with good manufacturing practice so that, under normal or foreseeable conditions of use, they do not transfer their constituents to food in quantities which could:\n(a) endanger human health;\nor\n(b) bring about an unacceptable change in the composition of the food;\nor\n(c) bring about a deterioration in the organoleptic characteristics thereof.\n2. The labelling, advertising and presentation of a material or article shall not mislead the consumers.",
  "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/eur/2004/1935/article/3",
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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."
}