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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/preservatives-in-food-regulations-1989/schedule-5/part-I/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/preservatives-in-food-regulations-1989/schedule-5/part-I/paragraph-1.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/5/part/I/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Purpose and scope",
  "text": "The method described below enables the presence of residues of biphenyl, 2-hydroxybiphenyl (orthophenylphenol) or sodium biphenyl-2-yl oxide (sodium orthophenylphenate) in the peel of citrus fruit to be detected. The sensitivity limit of this method, in absolute terms, is approximately 5 μg. for biphenyl and 1 μg. for 2-hydroxybiphenyl or sodium biphenyl-2-yl oxide, which is the equivalent of 5 mg. of biphenyl and 1 mg. of 2-hydroxybiphenyl respectively in the peel of 1 kg. of citrus fruit.",
  "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/5/part/I/paragraph/1",
    "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."
}