{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/extraction-solvents-in-food-regulations-1993/schedule-2",
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  "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/2",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "FOODS IN WHICH ONLY CERTAIN PERMITTED EXTRACTION SOLVENTS MAY BE USED AND THEN ONLY FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES",
  "text": "Column 1\nColumn 2\nColumn 3\nColumn 4\nSpecified foods\nPermitted extraction solvent\nPurpose for which permitted extraction solvent may be added\nMaximum permitted residue of permitted extraction solvent in the specified food (or, where indicated, in any food in which the specified food is an ingredient\n1 Fats\n(a) Hexane, or\n(b) Ethylmethylketone\n(a) in respect of Hexane, the production or fractionation of the fats\n(b) in respect of Ethylmethylketone, the fractionation of the fats\n5 mg/kg\n2 Oils\n(a) Hexane, or\n(b) Ethylmethylketone\n(a) in respect of Hexane, the production or fractionation of the oils\n(b) in respect of Ethylmethylketone, the fractionation of the oils\n5 mg/kg\n3 Cocoa butter\nHexane\nproduction of the cocoa butter\n5 mg/kg\n4 Protein products\nHexane\npreparation of the protein products\n10 mg/kg in any food in which the protein products are an ingredient\n5 Defatted flours\nHexane\npreparation of the defatted flours\n10 mg/kg in any food in which the defatted flours are an ingredient\n6 Defatted cereal germs\nHexane\npreparation of the defatted cereal germs\n5 mg/kg\n7 Defatted soya products\nHexane\npreparation of the defatted soya products\n30 mg/kg in the defatted soya product as sold to the final consumer\n8 Coffee\n(a) Methyl acetate, or\n(b) Ethylmethylketone, or\n(c) Dichloromethane, alone or in combination\n(a) decaffeination,\n(b) removal of irritants and bitterings, or both\n(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\n(b) in respect of dichloromethane, 2 mg/kg\n9 Tea\n(a) Methyl acetate, or\n(b) Ethylmethylketone, or\n(c) Dichloromethane, alone or in combination\n(a) decaffeination,\n(b) removal of irritants and bitterings, or both\n(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\n(b) in respect of dichloromethane, 5 mg/kg\n10 Sugar from molasses\nMethyl acetate\nproduction of the sugar from molasses\n1 mg/kg",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1998/2257",
      "affecting_title": "The Extraction Solvents in Food (Amendment) Regulations 1998"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2011/306",
      "affecting_title": "The Extraction Solvents in Food Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (revoked)"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2011/1738",
      "affecting_title": "The Extraction Solvents in Food (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2011 (revoked)"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "wsi/2011/1849",
      "affecting_title": "The Extraction Solvents in Food (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2011 (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/2",
    "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."
}