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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/organic-production-amendment-regulations-2025/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2025/1111",
  "legislation_title": "The Organic Production (Amendment) Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/organic-production-amendment-regulations-2025",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "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) (“Regulation (EC) No 889/2008”). 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 2026, non-organically reared pullets of not more than 18 weeks of age may be introduced into an organic flock for egg production when organically reared pullets are not available, subject to conditions.\nRegulation 2(3) amends Article 43 of Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 so as to provide that, where farmers are unable to obtain protein feed for piglets of not more than 35 kilograms in weight and poultry of not more than 30 weeks old exclusively from organic production, up to 5% of non-organic protein feed may be used for the duration of the calendar year 2026.\nRegulation 2(4) amends the table in Annex 8, Section A (which relates to food additives, including carriers), so as to provide that the permitted use of gellan gum in high-acyl form should be from organic production, unless sufficient quantities derived from organic production are unavailable.\nA regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/1111/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:10:33.102286+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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