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  "legislation": "nisr/1996/50",
  "legislation_title": "Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996",
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  "path": "schedule/2/part/D",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "D",
  "heading": "Other antioxidants",
  "text": "EC No.\nName\nFood\nMaximum level (mg/kg)\nE 310\nE 311\nE 312\nE 320\nE 321\nPropyl gallate\nOctyl gallate\nDodecyl gallate\nButylated hydroxyanisole (BHA)\nButylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)\nFats and oils for the professional manufacture of heat-treated foods\nFrying oil and frying fat, excluding olive pomace oil\nLard; fish oil; beef, poultry and sheep fat\n200 (gallates and BHA, individually or in combination)\n100 (BHT)\nboth expressed on fat\nCake mixes\n200 (gallates and BHA, individually or in combination\nCereal-based snack foods\nMilk powder for vending machines\nDehydrated soups and broths\nexpressed on fat\nSauces\nDehydrated meat\nProcessed nuts\nSeasonings and condiments\nPre-cooked cereals\nDe-hydrated granulated potatoes\n25 (gallates and BHA, individually or in combination)\nChewing gum\nDietary supplements\n400 (gallates, BHT and BHA, individually or in combination)\nE 315\nErythorbic acid\nSemi-preserved and preserved meat products\n500 expressed as erythorbic acid\nE 315\nErythorbic acid\nPreserved and semi-preserved fish products\nFrozen and deep-frozen fish with red skin\n1500 expressed as erythorbic acid\nE 316\nSodium erythorbate\nSemi-preserved and preserved meat products\n500 expressed as erythorbic acid\nE 316\nSodium erythorbate\nPreserved and semi-preserved fish products\nFrozen and deep-frozen fish with red skin\n1500 expressed as erythorbic acid",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 Pt. D in operation at 22.4.1996, see reg. 1"
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "When combinations of gallates, BHA and BHT are used, the individual levels must be reduced proportionally"
    }
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:37:42.459637+00:00"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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