{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-1258/annex",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-1258/annex.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2011/1258",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 1258/2011 of 2 December 2011 amending Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 as regards maximum levels for nitrates in foodstuffs (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-1258",
  "path": "annex",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": null,
  "heading": null,
  "text": "‘\nSection 1:\nNitrate\nFoodstuffs (1)\nMaximum levels (mg NO3/kg)\n1.1\nFresh spinach (Spinacia oleracea) (2)\n3 500\n1.2\nPreserved, deep-frozen or frozen spinach\n2 000\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:\nlettuce grown under cover\n5 000\nlettuce grown in the open air\n4 000\nHarvested 1 April to 30 September:\nlettuce grown under cover\n4 000\nlettuce grown in the open air\n3 000\n1.4\n“Iceberg” type lettuce\nLettuce grown under cover\n2 500\nLettuce grown in the open air\n2 000\n1.5\nRucola (Eruca sativa, Diplotaxis sp., Brassica tenuifolia, Sisymbrium tenuifolium)\nHarvested 1 October to 31 March:\n7 000\nHarvested 1 April to 30 September:\n6 000\n1.6\nProcessed cereal-based foods and baby foods for infants and young children (3) (4)\n200\n’",
  "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/2011/1258/annex",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:49:42.951391+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."
}