{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-594/annex",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-594/annex.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2012/594",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 594/2012 of 5 July 2012 amending Regulation (EC) 1881/2006 as regards the maximum levels of the contaminants ochratoxin A, non dioxin-like PCBs and melamine in foodstuffs (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-594",
  "path": "annex",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": null,
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 is amended as follows:\n(1) Section 2.2 Ochratoxin A is amended as follows:\n(a) Point 2.2.2 is replaced by the following:\n“\n2.2.2.\nAll products derived from unprocessed cereals, including processed cereal products and cereals intended for direct human consumption with the exception of foodstuffs listed in 2.2.9, 2.2.10 and 2.2.13\n3,0\n”\n(b) Point 2.2.11 is replaced by the following:\n“\n2.2.11.\nSpices, including dried spices\nPiper spp (fruits thereof, including white and black pepper)\nMyristica fragrans (nutmeg)\nZingiber officinale (ginger)\nCurcuma longa (turmeric)\n15 μg/kg\nCapsicum spp. (dried fruits thereof, whole or ground, including chillies, chilli powder, cayenne and paprika)\n30 μg/kg until 31.12.2014\n15 μg/kg as from 1.1.2015\nMixtures of spices containing one of the abovementioned spices\n15 μg/kg\n”\n(c) The following point 2.2.13 is inserted after point 2.2.12:\n“\n2.2.13.\nWheat gluten not sold directly to the consumer\n8,0\n”\n(2) The following section 7: Melamine and its structural analogues is added:\n“\nSection 7:\nMelamine and its structural analogues\nThe maximum level does not apply to food for which it can be proven that the level of melamine higher than 2,5 mg/kg is the consequence of authorized use of cyromazine as insecticide. The melamine level shall not exceed the level of cyromazine.\nFoodstuffs\nMaximum levels(mg/kg)\n7.1.\nMelamine\n7.1.1.\nFood with the exception of infant formulae and follow-on formulae\n2,5\n7.1.2.\nPowdered infant formulae and follow-on formulae\n1\n”",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The maximum level does not apply to food for which it can be proven that the level of melamine higher than 2,5 mg/kg is the consequence of authorized use of cyromazine as insecticide. The melamine level shall not exceed the level of cyromazine."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/594/annex",
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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."
}