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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-429/annex-III/division-2/division-2.2/division-2.2.2/division-2.2.2.2",
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  "legislation": "eur/2008/429",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 429/2008 of 25 April 2008 on detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the preparation and the presentation of applications and the assessment and the authorisation of feed additives (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-429",
  "path": "annex/III/division/2/division/2.2/division/2.2.2/division/2.2.2.2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2.2.2.2",
  "heading": "Method of production and manufacture",
  "text": "The whole of the subsection 2.3 of Annex II applies.\nIn the case of non chemically well defined natural products, usually complex mixtures of many compounds obtained by an extraction process, a detailed description of the extraction process shall be provided. It is recommended to use in the description the relevant terminology such as essential oil, absolute, tincture, extract and related terms widely used for botanically defined flavouring products to describe the extraction process. The extraction solvents used shall be specified, the precautions taken to avoid residues of the solvents, and the levels of residues where these are of toxicological concern if their presence would be unavoidable. The terms used to characterise the extract may include a reference to the method of extraction.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Defined in Appendix 4 of the Council of Europe's Report no. 1 on ‘Natural sources of flavourings’, Volume I, Strasbourg, 2000."
    }
  ],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:52:17.021143+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."
}