# The Mineral Hydrocarbons in Food Regulations 1966, Paragraph 1: Specification for liquid mineral hydrocarbon


Liquid mineral hydrocarbon—
(a) shall be a transparent, almost colourless and tasteless mixture of liquid mineral hydrocarbons;
(b) shall have an ultra-violet extinction (otherwise called absorbance) over the range 240–280 millimicrons not greater than 0.04 for a 1 centimetre layer of a solution in iso-octane containing 1 gram per litre, that is to say, E ⁢ 0.1% 1 cm. shall not be greater than 0.04 where E=log10 (Io/I) and Io and I are the intensities of the incident radiation and of the transmitted radiation respectively; and
(c) shall comply with the tests for acidity or alkalinity, carbonisable substances, solid paraffins, and sulphur compounds given in the monograph for Liquid Paraffin in the British Pharmacopoeia 1963.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1966/1073/schedule/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mineral-hydrocarbons-in-food-regulations-1966/schedule/paragraph-1
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