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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-696/article-1",
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  "legislation": "eur/2014/696",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 696/2014 of 24 June 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 as regards maximum levels of erucic acid in vegetable oils and fats and foods containing vegetable oils and fats (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-696",
  "path": "article/1",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006, the following Section 8 ‘Inherent plant toxins’ is added.\n‘\nSection 8: Inherent plant toxins\nthe maximum level refers to the level of erucic acid, calculated on the total level of fatty acids in the fat component in food.\nFoodstuffs (1)\nMaximum levels (g/kg)\n8.1\nErucic acid\n8.1.1\nVegetable oils and fats\n50\n8.1.2\nFoods containing added vegetable oils and fats with the exception of the foods referred to in 8.1.3\n50\n8.1.3\nInfant formulae and follow-on formulae (8)\n10\n’",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "the maximum level refers to the level of erucic acid, calculated on the total level of fatty acids in the fat component in food."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/696/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:47:29.900009+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."
}