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1. These Regulations amend the Extraction Solvents in Food Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/1658) in order to implement in England Commission Directive 2010/59/EU amending Directive 2009/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws of the Member States on extraction solvents used in the production of foodstuffs and food ingredients (OJ No. L225, 27.8.2010, p.10).
2. The amendments to the 1993 Regulations consist of —
(a)the listing in Schedule 2 of dimethyl ether as an extraction solvent that may be used in the preparation of defatted animal protein products (regulation 2(2)); and
(b)the inclusion in Schedule 3 (which concerns the use of extraction solvents in the preparation of natural flavourings) of methanol and propanol-2-ol, with associated prescribed residue limits (regulation 2(3)).
3. An impact assessment has not been prepared for this instrument as it has no impact on business or the public or third sectors.
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