S.L. 449.41 Art. 1its essential removal of 16 December 2008 - for - 2. (Fruit) The edible and the like, to a purée. 3. (Fruit) The edible the like, which 4. The aqueous proper 5. Sugars Authorised 1. 2. 3. 4. B. 1. The following - - - - 2. by other drying 3. Citrus *OJ L 10,

Fruit:

- fresh, sound fruit, free from deterioration, containing all constituents and sufficiently ripe for use, after cleaning, blemishes, topping and tailing,

*OJ L 10, 12.1.2002, p.47 †Vide: Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of on food additives (OJ L 354, 31.12.2008, p. 16). the purposes of these regulations, tomatoes, the edible parts of rhubarb stalks, carrots, sweet potatoes, cucumbers, pumpkins, melons and water-melons are considered to be fruit, ‘ginger’ means the edible root of the ginger plant in a fresh or preserved state. Ginger may be dried or preserved in syrup.

pulp: part of the whole fruit, if appropriate, less the peel, skin, seeds, pips which may have been sliced or crushed but which has not been reduced purée: part of the whole fruit, if necessary, less the peel, skin, seeds, pips and has been reduced to a purÈe by sieving or a similar process. Aqueous extracts (of fruit): extract of fruits which, subject to the losses necessarily occurring in manufacturing, contains all the water-soluble constituents of the fruit used.

sugars are: * the sugars as defined in Council Directive 2001/111/EC ; fructose syrup; sugars extracted from fruit; brown sugar. TREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS

products defined in items 1, 2, 3 and 4 of part A may be treated in the ways:

heated, chilled or frozen, freeze-dried, concentrated, to the extent that is technically possible, Repealed by Legal Notice 71 of 2026. Apricots and plums to be used in the manufacture of jam may also be treated processes apart from freeze-drying. peel may be preserved in brine.

12.1.2002, p.53