Schedule 2 FOODS IN WHICH ONLY CERTAIN PERMITTED EXTRACTION SOLVENTS MAY BE USED AND THEN ONLY FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES

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

Sch. 2 substituted by Extraction Solvents in Food 1998 reg. 2(d), Sch.
Sch. 2 words inserted by Extraction Solvents in Food Amendment 2011 reg. 2(3)
Sch. 2 words inserted by Extraction Solvents in Food 2011 reg. 2(2)
Sch. 2 words inserted by Extraction Solvents in Food 2011 reg. 2(2)
Sch. Pt. 1 words added by Food Additives and the Extraction Solvents in Food 2012 reg. 3(2)

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Specified foods	Permitted extraction solvent	Purpose for which permitted extraction solvent may be added	Maximum permitted residue of permitted extraction solvent in the specified food (or, where indicated, in any food in which the specified food is an ingredient
1 Fats	(a) Hexane, or (b) Ethylmethylketone	(a) in respect of Hexane, the production or fractionation of the fats (b) in respect of Ethylmethylketone, the fractionation of the fats	5 mg/kg
2 Oils	(a) Hexane, or (b) Ethylmethylketone	(a) in respect of Hexane, the production or fractionation of the oils (b) in respect of Ethylmethylketone, the fractionation of the oils	5 mg/kg
3 Cocoa butter	Hexane	production of the cocoa butter	5 mg/kg
4 Protein products	Hexane	preparation of the protein products	10 mg/kg in any food in which the protein products are an ingredient
5 Defatted flours	Hexane	preparation of the defatted flours	10 mg/kg in any food in which the defatted flours are an ingredient
6 Defatted cereal germs	Hexane	preparation of the defatted cereal germs	5 mg/kg
7 Defatted soya products	Hexane	preparation of the defatted soya products	30 mg/kg in the defatted soya product as sold to the final consumer
8 Coffee	(a) Methyl acetate, or (b) Ethylmethylketone, or (c) Dichloromethane, alone or in combination	(a) decaffeination, (b) removal of irritants and bitterings, or both	(a) in respect of methyl acetate or ethylmethylketone, 20 mg/kg, and if these are used in combination their combined total shall not exceed 20 mg/kg (b) in respect of dichloromethane, 2 mg/kg
9 Tea	(a) Methyl acetate, or (b) Ethylmethylketone, or (c) Dichloromethane, alone or in combination	(a) decaffeination, (b) removal of irritants and bitterings, or both	(a) in respect of methyl acetate or ethylmethylketone, 20 mg/kg, and if these are used in combination their combined total shall not exceed 20 mg/kg (b) in respect of dichloromethane, 5 mg/kg
10 Sugar from molasses	Methyl acetate	production of the sugar from molasses	1 mg/kg