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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-848/annex-II/part-4/division-2/division-2.2",
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  "legislation": "eur/2018/848",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-848",
  "path": "annex/II/part/4/division/2/division/2.2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2.2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Use of certain products and substances in processing of food\n2.2.1. Only food additives, processing aids and non-organic agricultural ingredients authorised pursuant to Article 24 or Article 25 for use in organic production, and the products and substances referred to in point 2.2.2 may be used in the processing of food, with the exception of products and substances of the wine sector, for which point 2 of Part VI shall apply, and with the exception of yeast, for which point 1.3 of Part VII shall apply.\n2.2.2. In the processing of food, the following products and substances may be used:\n(a) preparations of micro-organisms and food enzymes normally used in food processing, provided that food enzymes to be used as food additives have been authorised pursuant to Article 24 for use in organic production;\n(b) substances and products defined in points (c) and (d)(i) of Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008 that have been labelled as natural flavouring substances or natural flavouring preparations in accordance with Article 16(2), (3) and (4) of that Regulation;\n(c) colours for stamping meat and eggshells in accordance with Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008;\n(d) natural colours and natural coating substances for the traditional decorative colouring of the shell of boiled eggs produced with the intention of placing them on the market at a given period of the year;\n(e) drinking water and organic or non-organic salt (with sodium chloride or potassium chloride as basic components) generally used in food processing;\n(f) minerals (trace elements included), vitamins, amino acids and micronutrients, provided that:\n(i) their use in food for normal consumption is ‘directly legally required’, in the meaning of being directly required by provisions of Union law or provisions of national law compatible with Union law, with the consequence that the food cannot be placed at all on the market as food for normal consumption if those minerals, vitamins, amino acids or micronutrients are not added; or\n(ii) as regards food placed on the market as having particular characteristics or effects in relation to health or nutrition or in relation to needs of specific groups of consumers:\nin products referred to in points (a) and (b) of Article 1(1) of Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council their use is authorised by that Regulation and acts adopted on the basis of Article 11(1) of that Regulation for the products concerned, or\nin products regulated by Commission Directive 2006/125/EC, their use is authorised by that Directive.\n2.2.3. Only the products for cleaning and disinfection authorised pursuant to Article 24 for use in processing shall be used for that purpose.\n2.2.4. For the purpose of the calculation referred to in Article 30(5), the following rules shall apply:\n(a) certain food additives authorised pursuant to Article 24 for use in organic production shall be calculated as agricultural ingredients;\n(b) preparations and substances referred to in points (a), (c), (d), (e) and (f) of point 2.2.2 shall not be calculated as agricultural ingredients;\n(c) yeast and yeast products shall be calculated as agricultural ingredients.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 on food intended for infants and young children, food for special medical purposes, and total diet replacement for weight control and repealing Council Directive 92/52/EEC, Commission Directives 96/8/EC, 1999/21/EC, 2006/125/EC and 2006/141/EC, Directive 2009/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulations (EC) No 41/2009 and (EC) No 953/2009 (OJ L 181, 29.6.2013, p. 35)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Commission Directive 2006/125/EC of 5 December 2006 on processed cereal-based foods and baby foods for infants and young children (OJ L 339, 6.12.2006, p. 16)."
    }
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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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