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  "summary": "Sassafras extract is permitted as a flavouring only with safrole removed. The whole root bark was banned for food use in the United States in 1960, which is why traditional root beer no longer tastes as it did.",
  "derivation_summary": "Extracted from sassafras root bark, then processed to remove safrole, the compound that led to the ban.",
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            "ref": "21 CFR 172.580",
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      "jurisdiction": "CODEX",
      "jurisdiction_name": "Codex Alimentarius",
      "authority": "Codex Alimentarius Commission / JECFA",
      "status": "not_listed",
      "status_label": "Not listed",
      "note": "Does not appear on this jurisdiction’s permitted list. That is not the same as being prohibited.",
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      "name": "Electronic Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21",
      "publisher": "U.S. Government Publishing Office / National Archives",
      "licence": "Public domain",
      "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-31/title-21.xml",
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