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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/organic-production-amendment-regulations-2022/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2022/360",
  "legislation_title": "The Organic Production (Amendment) Regulations 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/organic-production-amendment-regulations-2022",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend Commission Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products with regard to organic production, labelling and control (EUR 2008/889). They specify exemptions to organic production rules.\nRegulation 2(2) of this instrument amends Article 42(b) of Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 so as to provide that until 31st December 2022, non-organically reared pullets of not more than 18 weeks may be introduced into an organic flock for egg production when organically-reared pullets are not available, subject to conditions.\nThe table in Section A of Annex 8 of Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 lists food additives which may be used in the processing of organic food, subject to conditions and restrictions. Regulation 2(3) amends the entry relating to E418, gellan gum: from 1st January 2023, only organically-produced gum, in its high-acyl form, may be used in processing organic food.\nA regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private or voluntary sector is foreseen.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/360/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:01:55.044653+00:00"
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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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