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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/extraction-solvents-in-food-regulations-1993/schedule-3",
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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/3",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Maximum residues of extraction solvent permitted in foods due to the use in those foods of food consisting of flavourings prepared from natural flavouring materials by using those extraction solvents.",
  "text": "Column 1\nColumn 2\nExtraction solvent\nMaximum residue\nDiethyl ether\n2 mg/kg\nHexane\n1 mg/kg\nMethyl acetate\n1 mg/kg\nButan-1-ol\n1 mg/kg\nButan-2-ol\n1 mg/kg\nEthylmethylketone\n1 mg/kg\nDichloromethane\n0.02 mg/kg\nMethyl-propan-1-ol\n1 mg/kg\nPropan-1-ol\n1 mg/kg",
  "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 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)"
    }
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/1658/schedule/3",
    "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."
}