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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/preservatives-in-food-regulations-1989/schedule-1/part-II",
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  "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/II",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "II",
  "heading": "Specific Purity Criteria Applicable to Permitted Preservatives",
  "text": "In the case of:–\nE200 Sorbic acid\nE201 Sodium sorbate\nE202 Potassium sorbate\nE203 Calcium sorbate\nE210 Benzoic acid\nE211 Sodium benzoate\nE212 Potassium benzoate\nE213 Calcium benzoate\nE214 Ethyl 4-hydroxybenzoate\nSynonyms: Ethylpara-hydroxybenzoate\nEthyl ester ofp-hydroxybenzoic acid\nE215 Ethyl 4-hydroxybenzoate, sodium salt\nSynonyms: Sodium ethylpara-hydroxybenzoate\nSodium ethylp— hydroxybenzoate\nE216 Propyl 4-hyroxybenzoate\nSynonyms: Propylpara-hydroxybenzoate\nn-propylp-hydroxybenzoate\nE217 Propyl 4-hydroxybenzoate, sodium salt\nSynonyms: Sodium propylpara-hydroxybenzoate\nSodiumn-propylp-hydroxybenzoate\nE220 Sulphur dioxide\nE221 Sodium sulphite (anhydrous or heptahydrate)\nE222 Sodium hydrogen sulphite\nSynonym: Acid sodium sulphite\nE223 Sodium metabisulphite\nE250 Sodium nitrite\nE251 Sodium nitrate\nE252 Potassium nitrate\nE280 Propionic acid\nE281 Sodium propionate\nE282 Calcium propionate\nthe appropriate specific purity criteria contained in Directive 65/66/EEC of the Council.\nIn the case of:–\nE218 Methyl 4-hydroxybenzoate\nSynonyms: Methylpara-hyroxybenzoate\nMethylp-hydroxybenzoate\nE219 Methyl 4-hydroxybenzoate, sodium salt\nSynonyms: Sodium methylpara-hydroxybenzoate\nSodium derivative of methylp-hydroxybenzoate\nE226 Calcium sulphite\nE227 Calcium hydrogen sulphite\nSynonym: Calcium bisulphite\nE233 2-(Thiazol-4-yl) benzimidazole\nSynonyms: Thiabendazole\n2-(4-thiazolyl) benzimidazole (thiabendazole)\nE239 Hexamine\nSynonym: Hexamethylenetetramine\nE249 Potassium nitrite\nE283 Potassium propionate\nthe appropriate specific purity criteria contained in Directive 65/66/EEC of the Council.\nIn the case of:–\nE224 Potassium metabisulphite\nE230 Biphenyl\nE231 2-Hydroxybiphenyl\nSynonym: Orthophenylphenol\nE232 Sodium biphenyl-2-yl oxide\nSynonym: Sodium orthophenylphenate\nthe appropriate specific purity criteria contained in Directive 65/66/EEC of the Council.\nIn the case of:–\nE228 Potassium bisulphite\nSynonym: Potassium acid sulphite\nthe appropriate specific purity criteria contained in Directive 65/66/EEC of the Council.\nIn the case of:–\nNisin\nThe criteria in the monograph for nisin contained in the Nutrition Meetings Report Series No. 45A (1969) of the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organisation at page 53.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No. 22, 9.2.65, p. 373/65 (OJ/SE 1965–1966, p. 25); relevant amending Directives are 67/428/EEC of the Council—OJ No. 148, 11.7.67, p. 10 (OJ/SE 1967, p. 178); 76/463/EEC of the Council—OJ No. L126, 14.5.76, p. 33."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The relevant amending Directive is 76/463/EEC of the Council—OJ No. L126, 14.5.76, p. 33."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "The relevant amending Directive is 67/428/EEC of the Council—OJ No. 148, 11.7.67, p. 10 (OJ/SE 1967, p. 178)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "The relevant amending Directive is 86/604/EEC of the Council—OJ No. L352, 13.12.1986, p. 45."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/533/schedule/1/part/II",
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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."
}