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  "name": "Iron oxide, black",
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  "summary": "Black iron oxide is a mineral pigment used sparingly in confectionery coatings and decorations. Iron oxides are among the few colours that are essentially inert and unaffected by heat, light or acidity.",
  "derivation_summary": "Manufactured synthetically rather than mined, by precipitating and calcining iron salts under controlled conditions, which gives a purity that natural ores cannot.",
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            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 172(i), food category 02.4",
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            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 172(i), food category 04.1.2.9",
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            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 172(i), food category 05.2",
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            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 172(i), food category 05.3",
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            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 172(i), food category 05.4",
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            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 172(i), food category 06.3",
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            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 172(i), food category 06.5",
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            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 172(i), food category 07.2",
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          "source": "gsfa",
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            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 172(i), food category 08.4",
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            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 172(i), food category 09.3.4",
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            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 172(i), food category 10.1",
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            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 172(i), food category 10.4",
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            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 172(i), food category 12.2.2",
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            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 172(i), food category 12.5",
            "url": "https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/codex-texts/dbs/gsfa/en/"
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            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 172(i), food category 12.6",
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          "citation": {
            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 172(i), food category 13.6",
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            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 172(i), food category 14.1.4",
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          "citation": {
            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 172(i), food category 15.1",
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          "max_level": 400,
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