{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/preservatives-in-food-regulations-1989/schedule-1/part-I",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/preservatives-in-food-regulations-1989/schedule-1/part-I.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/533",
  "legislation_title": "The Preservatives in Food Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/preservatives-in-food-regulations-1989",
  "path": "schedule/1/part/I",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "I",
  "heading": "Permitted Preservatives",
  "text": "Column 1\nColumn 2\nColumn 3\nColumn 4\nPermitted preservative specified in Schedule 2\nSerial Number\nAlternative form in which the permitted preservative may be used (to be calculated as the permitted preservative shown in column 1)\nSerial Number\nSorbic acid\nE200\nSodium sorbate\nE201\nPotassium sorbate\nE202\nCalcium sorbate\nE203\nBenzoic acid\nE210\nSodium benzoate\nE211\nPotassium benzoate\nE212\nCalcium benzoate\nE213\nEthyl 4-hydroxybenzoate\nE214\nEthyl 4-hydroxybenzoate, sodium salt\nE215\nPropyl 4-hydroxybenzoate\nE216\nPropyl 4-hydroxybenzoate, sodium salt\nE217\nMethyl 4-hydroxybenzoate\nE218\nMethyl 4-hydroxybenzoate, sodium salt\nE219\nSulphur dioxide\nE220\nSodium sulphite\nE221\nSodium hydrogen sulphite\nE222\nSodium metabisulphite\nE223\nPotassium metabisulphite\nE224\nCalcium sulphite\nE226\nCalcium hydrogen sulphite\nE227\nPotassium bisulphite\nE228\nBiphenyl\nE230\n2-Hydroxybiphenyl\nE231\nSodium biphenyl-2-yl oxide\nE232\n2-(Thiazol-4-yl) benzimidazole\nE233\nHexamine\nE239\nSodium nitrite\nE250\nPotassium nitrite\nE249\nSodium nitrate\nE251\nPotassium nitrate\nE252\nPropionic acid\nE280\nSodium propionate\nE281\nCalcium propionate\nE282\nPotassium propionate\nE283\nNisin\n234",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/533/schedule/1/part/I",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:46:33.935266+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."
}