{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-1822/annex",
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  "legislation": "eur/2005/1822",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1822/2005 of 8 November 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 466/2001 as regards nitrate in certain vegetables (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-1822",
  "path": "annex",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": null,
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Section 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 466/2001 shall be replaced by the following:\n‘\nSection 1:\nNitrate\nThe maximum levels for fresh spinach do not apply for fresh spinach to be subjected to processing and which is directly transported in bulk from field to processing plant.\nOJ L 187, 16.7.2002, p. 30.\nIn the absence of appropriate labelling, indicating the production method, the level established for open grown lettuce applies.\nDescribed in Commission Regulation (EC) 1543/2001 of 27 July 2001 laying down the marketing standard for lettuces and curled-leaved and broad-leaved (Batavian) endives (OJ L 203, 28.7.2001, p. 9).\nBaby foods and processed cereal-based foods for infants and young children as defined in Article 1 of Commission Directive 96/5/EC, Euratom of 16 February 1996 on processed cereal-based foods and baby foods for infants and young children (OJ L 49, 28.2.1996, p. 17). The maximum levels shall apply to the products as proposed ready for consumption or as reconstituted according to the instructions of the manufacturers.\nThe Commission shall review the maximum levels for nitrate in foods for infants and young children by 1 April 2006 taking into account the progress in scientific and technological knowledge.\nProduct\nMaximum level (mg NO3/kg)\nSampling method\nReference analysis method\n1.1.\nFresh spinach (Spinacia oleracea)\nHarvested 1 October to 31 March\n3 000\nCommission Directive 2002/63/EC\nHarvested 1 April to 30 September\n2 500\n1.2.\nPreserved, deep-frozen or frozen spinach\n2 000\nDirective 2002/63/EC\n1.3.\nFresh lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) (protected and open-grown lettuce) excluding lettuce listed in point 1.4.\nHarvested 1 October to 31 March:\nDirective 2002/63/EC. However, the minimum number of units per laboratory sample is 10\nlettuce grown under cover\n4 500\nlettuce grown in the open air\n4 000\nHarvested 1 April to 30 September:\nlettuce grown under cover\n3 500\nlettuce grown in the open air\n2 500\n1.4.\n“Iceberg” type lettuces\nLettuce grown under cover\n2 500\nDirective 2002/63/EC. However, the minimum number of units per laboratory sample is 10\nLettuce grown in the open air\n2 000\n1.5.\nBaby foods and processed cereal-based foods for infants and young children\n200\nDirective 2002/63/EC (provisions as foreseen for processed foods of plant origin and for processed foods of animal origin)\n’",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The maximum levels for fresh spinach do not apply for fresh spinach to be subjected to processing and which is directly transported in bulk from field to processing plant."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 187, 16.7.2002, p. 30."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "In the absence of appropriate labelling, indicating the production method, the level established for open grown lettuce applies."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Described in Commission Regulation (EC) 1543/2001 of 27 July 2001 laying down the marketing standard for lettuces and curled-leaved and broad-leaved (Batavian) endives (OJ L 203, 28.7.2001, p. 9)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Baby foods and processed cereal-based foods for infants and young children as defined in Article 1 of Commission Directive 96/5/EC, Euratom of 16 February 1996 on processed cereal-based foods and baby foods for infants and young children (OJ L 49, 28.2.1996, p. 17). The maximum levels shall apply to the products as proposed ready for consumption or as reconstituted according to the instructions of the manufacturers."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "The Commission shall review the maximum levels for nitrate in foods for infants and young children by 1 April 2006 taking into account the progress in scientific and technological knowledge."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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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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