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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/feeding-stuffs-regulations-2000/schedule-3/part-TABLE/chapter-7",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2000/2481",
  "legislation_title": "The Feeding Stuffs Regulations 2000",
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  "path": "schedule/3/part/TABLE/chapter/7",
  "kind": "chapter",
  "number": "PART VII",
  "heading": "PERMITTED PRESERVATIVES",
  "text": "CHAPTER A\nColumn 1\nColumn 2\nColumn 3\nColumn 4\nEEC No.\nName or Description\nChemical Formula\nConditions\n(1) Note also that one preservative is permitted by virtue of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1594/1999 as referred to in Part IX of this Table.\nE200\nSorbic acid\nC6H8O2\nAll feeding stuffs\nE201\nSodium sorbate\nC6H7O2Na\nAll feeding stuffs\nE202\nPotassium sorbate\nC6H7O2K\nAll feeding stuffs\nE203\nCalcium sorbate\nC12H14O4Ca\nAll feeding stuffs\nE237\nSodium formate\nCHO2Na\nAll feeding stuffs\nE238\nCalcium formate\nC2H2O4Ca\nAll feeding stuffs\nE260\nAcetic acid\nC2H4O2\nAll feeding stuffs\nE261\nPotassium acetate\nC2H3O2K\nAll feeding stuffs\nE262\nSodium diacetate\nC4H7O4Na\nAll feeding stuffs\nE263\nCalcium acetate\nC4H6O4Ca\nAll feeding stuffs\nE270\nLactic acid\nC3H6O3\nAll feeding stuffs\nE280\nPropionic acid\nC3H6O2\nAll feeding stuffs\nE281\nSodium propionate\nC3H5O2Na\nAll feeding stuffs\nE282\nCalcium propionate\nC6H10O4Ca\nAll feeding stuffs\nE283\nPotassium propionate\nC3H5O2K\nAll feeding stuffs\nE284\nAmmonium propionate\nC3H9O2N\nAll feeding stuffs\nE295\nAmmonium formate\nCH5O2N\nAll feeding stuffs\nE296\nDL-Malic acid\nC4H6O5\nAll feeding stuffs\nE297\nFulmaric acid\nC4H4O4\nAll feeding stuffs\nE325\nSodium lactate\nC3H5O3Na\nAll feeding stuffs\nE326\nPotassium lactate\nC3H5O3K\nAll feeding stuffs\nE327\nCalcium lactate\nC6H10O6Ca\nAll feeding stuffs\nE330\nCitric acid\nC6H8O7\nAll feeding stuffs\nE331\nSodium citrates\n—\nAll feeding stuffs\nE332\nPotassium citrates\n—\nAll feeding stuffs\nE333\nCalcium citrates\n—\nAll feeding stuffs\nE334\nL-Tartaric acid\nC4H6O6\nAll feeding stuffs\nE335\nSodium L-tartrates\n—\nAll feeding stuffs\nE336\nPotassium L-tartrates\n—\nAll feeding stuffs\nE337\nPotassium sodium L-tartrate\nC4H4O6KNa.4H2O\nAll feeding stuffs\nE338\nOrthophosporic acid\nH3PO4\nAll feeding stuffs\nE507\nHydrochloric acid\nHC1\nfor use in silage only\nE513\nSulphuric acid\nH2SO4\nfor use in silage only\nCHAPTER B\nColumn 1\nColumn 2\nColumn 3\nColumn 4\nColumn 5\nColumn 6\nColumn 7\nEEC No.\nName or Description\nChemical Formula\nKind of animal permitted\nMaximum content (mg/kg in complete feeding stuff)\nMinimum content (mg/kg in complete feeding stuff)\nConditions\nE222\nSodium hydrogensulphite (Sodium bisulphite)\nNaHSO3\nDogs and Cats\n500 alone or together expressed as SO2\nAll feeding stuffs except unprocessed meat and fish\nE223\nDisodium disulphite (Sodium metabisulphite)\nNa2S2O5\nDogs and Cats\n500 alone or together expressed as SO2\nAll feeding stuffs except unprocessed meat and fish\nE250\nSodium nitrite\nNaNO2\nDogs and Cats\n100 (feeding stuffs with a moisture content exceeding 20% only)\nE214\nEthyl 4-hydroxybenzoate\nC9H10O3\nPet animals\nNo limit\nAll feeding stuffs\nE215\nSodium ethyl 4-hydroxybenzoate\nC9H9O3Na\nPet animals\nNo limit\nAll feeding stuffs\nE216\nPropyl 4-hydroxybenzoate\nC10H12O3\nPet animals\nNo limit\nAll feeding stuffs\nE217\nSodium propyl 4-hydroxybenzoate\nC10H11O3Na\nPet animals\nNo limit\nAll feeding stuffs\nE218\nMethyl 4-hydroxybenzoate\nC8H8O3\nPet animals\nNo limit\nAll feeding stuffs\nE219\nSodium methyl 4-hydroxybenzoate\nC8H7O3Na\nPet animals\nNo limit\nAll feeding stuffs\nE490\nPropan- 1,2-diol\nC3H8O2\nDogs\n53,000\nAll feeding stuffs\nE240\nFormaldehyde\nCH2O\nAll species of animals\nNo limit (for silage only)\nPigs up to the age of six months\n600 (skimmed milk only)\nE285\nMethylpropionic acid\nC4H8O2\nRuminants at the beginning of rumination\n4,000\n1,000",
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "(1) Note also that one preservative is permitted by virtue of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1594/1999 as referred to in Part IX of this Table."
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