{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-1739/annex-II",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-1739/annex-II.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2015/1739",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1739 of 28 September 2015 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council and the Annex to Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 as regards the use of the iron tartrate as an anti-caking agent in salt and its substitutes (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-1739",
  "path": "annex/II",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "II",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 231/2012, the following new entry is inserted after the entry for food additive E 530:\n‘\nE 534 IRON TARTRATE\nSynonyms\nIron meso-tartrate; complexation product of sodium tartrate with iron(III) chloride\nDefinition\nIron tartrate is manufactured by the isomerisation of L-tartrate to an equilibrium mixture of D-, L- and meso-tartrate followed by addition of iron(III) chloride.\nCAS number\n1280193-05-9\nChemical name\nIron(III) complexation product of D(+)-, L(-)- and meso-2,3 dihydroxybutanedioic acids\nChemical formula\nFe(OH)2 C4H4O6Na\nMolecular weight\n261,93\nAssay\nmeso-tartrate\n> 28 %, expressed as the anion on dry basis\nD(-)- and L(+)-tartrate\n> 10 %, expressed as the anion on dry basis\nIron(III)\n> 8 %, expressed as the anion on dry basis\nDescription\nDark green aqueous solution typically comprising ca 35 % by weight complexation products\nIdentification\nHighly soluble in water\nPositive tests for tartrate and iron\npH of a 35 % aqueous solution of complexation products between 3,5 and 3,9\nPurity\nChloride\nNot more than 25 %\nSodium\nNot more than 23 %\nArsenic\nNot more than 3 mg/kg\nLead\nNot more than 2 mg/kg\nMercury\nNot more than 1 mg/kg\nOxalate\nNot more than 1,5 % expressed as oxalate on dry basis\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/2015/1739/annex/II",
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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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