{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/extraction-solvents-in-food-regulations-1993/schedule-1/part-I",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/extraction-solvents-in-food-regulations-1993/schedule-1/part-I.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/1658",
  "legislation_title": "The Extraction Solvents in Food Regulations 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/extraction-solvents-in-food-regulations-1993",
  "path": "schedule/1/part/I",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "I",
  "heading": "PERMITTED EXTRACTION SOLVENTS",
  "text": "Column 1\nColumn 2\nExtraction solvent (see note 1)\nDetailed description of extraction solvent\nNotes\n1. The extraction solvents listed in Column 1 above shall satisfy the following general purity criteria–\n(a) subject to sub-paragraph (b) below they shall not contain a toxicologically dangerous amount of any element or substance;\n(b) they shall not contain more than 1 mg/kg of, respectively, arsenic or lead.\n2. The combined use of Hexane and Ethylmethylketone is not permitted.\n1 Propane\n2 Butane\n3 Butyl acetate\n4 Ethyl acetate\n5 Ethanol\n6 Carbon Dioxide\n7 Acetone\n8 Nitrous Oxide\n9 Methanol\n10 Propan-2-ol\n11 Hexane (see note 2)\nthe commercial product consisting essentially of acyclic saturated hydrocarbons containing six carbon atoms and distilling between 64°C and 70°C\n12 Methyl acetate\n13 Ethylmethylketone (see note 2)\ncontaining not more than 50 mg/kg of n-Hexane\n14 Dichloromethane\n15 Diethyl ether\n16 Butan-1-ol\n17 Butan-2-ol\n18 Methyl-propan-1-ol\n19 Propan-1-ol",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1998/2257",
      "affecting_title": "The Extraction Solvents in Food (Amendment) Regulations 1998"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1998/2257",
      "affecting_title": "The Extraction Solvents in Food (Amendment) Regulations 1998"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1995/1440",
      "affecting_title": "The Extraction Solvents in Food (Amendment) Regulations 1995"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2011/306",
      "affecting_title": "The Extraction Solvents in Food Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (revoked)"
    },
    {
      "type": "words added",
      "affecting": "uksi/2012/1155",
      "affecting_title": "The Food Additives (England) (Amendment) and the Extraction Solvents in Food (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2012 (revoked)"
    },
    {
      "type": "words added",
      "affecting": "wsi/2012/1198",
      "affecting_title": "The Food Additives (Wales) (Amendment) and the Extraction Solvents in Food (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2012 (revoked)"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/1658/schedule/1/part/I",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:54:25.082296+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."
}