Part I PERMITTED EXTRACTION SOLVENTS

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. 1 Pt. 1 words omitted by Extraction Solvents in Food 1998 reg. 2(c)(i)
Sch. 1 Pt. 1 words inserted by Extraction Solvents in Food 1998 reg. 2(c)(ii)
Sch. 1 Pt. 1 words inserted by Extraction Solvents in Food 1995 reg. 2(b)
Sch. 1 Pt. 1 words inserted by Extraction Solvents in Food Amendment 2011 reg. 2(2)
Sch. 1 Pt. 1 words added by Food Additives and the Extraction Solvents in Food 2012 reg. 3(2)
Sch. Pt. 1 words added by Food Additives and the Extraction Solvents in Food 2012 reg. 3(2)

Column 1	Column 2
Extraction solvent (see note 1)	Detailed description of extraction solvent
Notes 1. The extraction solvents listed in Column 1 above shall satisfy the following general purity criteria– (a) subject to sub-paragraph (b) below they shall not contain a toxicologically dangerous amount of any element or substance; (b) they shall not contain more than 1 mg/kg of, respectively, arsenic or lead. 2. The combined use of Hexane and Ethylmethylketone is not permitted.
1 Propane
2 Butane
3 Butyl acetate
4 Ethyl acetate
5 Ethanol
6 Carbon Dioxide
7 Acetone
8 Nitrous Oxide
9 Methanol
10 Propan-2-ol
11 Hexane (see note 2)	the commercial product consisting essentially of acyclic saturated hydrocarbons containing six carbon atoms and distilling between 64°C and 70°C
12 Methyl acetate
13 Ethylmethylketone (see note 2)	containing not more than 50 mg/kg of n-Hexane
14 Dichloromethane
15 Diethyl ether
16 Butan-1-ol
17 Butan-2-ol
18 Methyl-propan-1-ol
19 Propan-1-ol