{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-england-regulations-2012/schedule-3/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/2619",
  "legislation_title": "The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (England) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/materials-and-articles-in-contact-with-food-england-regulations-2012",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Reagents\nAll reagents must be of analytical quality, unless otherwise specified.\nWhere reference is made to water, it means distilled water or water of equivalent quality.\n(a) 4 % (v/v) acetic acid, in aqueous solution.\nAdd 40 ml of glacial acetic acid to water and make up to 1 000 ml.\n(b) Stock solutions\nPrepare stock solutions containing 1 000 mg/litre of lead and at least 500 mg/litre of cadmium respectively in a 4 % acetic acid solution, as referred to in paragraph (a).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/704), reg. 1, Sch. 2; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2619/schedule/3/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:16:18.668965+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."
}