DEFINITION OF KUNSERVA REGULATIONS

DEFINITION OF KUNSERVA

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 449.60

DEFINITION OF KUNSERVA REGULATIONS

16th August, 2013

LEGAL NOTICE 250 of 2013.

(1) The title of these regulations is the Definition of

Kunserva Regulations.

(2) Products which do not conform with the provisions of these

regulations, but which conform with the provisions of the

Labelling, Presentation and Advertising of Foodstuffs Regulations

and which were placed on the Maltese market or had labels affixed

to them prior to the 31 st August, 2013, may still be sold until

existing stocks last.

(3) For the purposes of these regulations "hermetically sealed

containers" includes any container of any shape and material which

prohibits any contact between tomatoes or tomato derivative and

the air, and the said containers should be those effectively used for

final consumption.

(1) "Kunserva" is a traditional Maltese product

manufactured from tomatoes which conform with the requirements

of Article 3(2) of (EC) Regulation No. 1535/2003 and which is

manufactured by a one-stage process involving the extraction and

concentration of fresh tomato juice derived directly from tomatoes

harvested during the period indicated in Article 3(2) of Regulation

(EC) No 1535/2003, and which is packed immediately following

production in hermetically sealed containers in the same

establishments where the juice has been extracted, and the entire

process is to be carried out in the same establishment where the

juice is extracted.

(2) Kunserva shall conform with the definition and the

requirements of composition as stipulated in Commission

Regulation (EC) No. 1132/2004 of the 18 th July 2004 which

amends Regulation (EEC) No. 1764/86 and Regulation (EC) No.

1535/2003 as regards to Kunserva.

(3) The product shall be called Kunserva only if it conforms

with these regulations.