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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-additives-labelling-regulations-1992/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1992/1978",
  "legislation_title": "The Food Additives Labelling Regulations 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-additives-labelling-regulations-1992",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations, which apply to Great Britain, come into force on 14th September 1992. They implement Articles 7 and 8 of Council Directive 89/107/EEC (OJ No. L40, 11.2.89, p 27) on the approximation of the laws of Member States concerning food additives authorised for use in foodstuffs intended for human consumption.\nThe principal provisions of these Regulations—\n(a) define food additives (regulation 2 and Schedules 1 and 2); and\n(b) prescribe labelling requirements for sales of food additives (regulation 4 and Schedule 3).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/1978/note",
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  "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."
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