The Extraction Solvents in Food Regulations 1993

Sale of food containing extraction solvents and of extraction solvents

4.—(1) Subject as hereinafter provided, no person shall sell, or import into Great Britain from outside the European Economic Community–

(a) any food having in it or on it any added extraction solvent other than a permitted extraction solvent, or

(b) any extraction solvent other than a permitted extraction solvent.

(2) No person shall sell, or import into Great Britain from outside the European Economic Community, any food having in it or on it any added permitted extraction solvent specified in Column 1 of Part I or II of Schedule 1 unless–

(a) it is a food having in it or on it any added permitted extraction solvent listed in items 1 to 8 (or, in the case of olive-pomace oil, any added permitted extraction solvent listed in items 1 to 6 and 8) in Column 1 of Part I of Schedule 1, and the use of such extraction solvent has resulted in the presence in or on that food only of residues of that extraction solvent in technically unavoidable quantities that present no danger to human health; or

(b) it is a food having in it or on it either or both of the permitted extraction solvents listed in items 9 and 10 in Column 1 of Part I of Schedule 1, and the use of such extraction solvent or extraction solvents has resulted in the presence in or on that food of a residue of such extraction solvent (or a combined residue of such extraction solvents) of not more than 10 milligrams per kilogram of the food; or

(c) it is a food having in it or on it any added permitted extraction solvent listed in Column 1 of Part II of Schedule 1; or

(d) in respect of any food specified in Column 1 of Schedule 2 having in it or on it any added permitted extraction solvent listed in items 11 to 14 in Column 1 of Part I of Schedule 1, such extraction solvent–

(i) is that (or, if applicable, those) specified in Column 2 of Schedule 2 in relation to that food, and

(ii) has been used only for the purpose described in Column 3 of Schedule 2 in relation to that food, and

(iii) has resulted in residues in or on that food (or, where so specified, in any food in which that food is an ingredient) of the added permitted extraction solvent specified in relation to it (or, as the case may be, to a food in which it is an ingredient) in an amount not exceeding that specified in Column 4 of Schedule 2, or

(e) in respect of any food containing or consisting of flavourings prepared from natural flavouring materials prepared by using any added permitted extraction solvent listed in items 11 to 19 in Column 1 of Part I of Schedule 1, such use has resulted in the presence in such food of residues of such extraction solvent (or extraction solvents) in an amount not exceeding that specified in Column 2 of Schedule 3 in relation to each such specified extraction solvent,

subject (where appropriate) to the Notes to Part I of Schedule 1.

(3) No person shall sell, or import into Great Britain from outside the European Economic Community, any permitted extraction solvent described in Column 1 of Part I of Schedule 1 unless the information concerning it that is specified in Part I of Schedule 4 is given in accordance with the provisions of Part II of Schedule 4.