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ANNEX IIIU.K.

B.TREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALSU.K.

1.

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

  • heated, chilled or frozen,

  • freeze-dried,

  • concentrated, to the extent that is technically possible,

  • with the exception of the raw materials used in the manufacture of ‘extra’ products: the use of sulphur dioxide (E 220) or its salts (E 221, E 222, E 223, E 224, E 226 and E 227) as an aid to manufacture provided that the maximum sulphur-dioxide content laid down in Directive 95/2/EC is not exceeded in the products defined in part I of Annex I.

2.

Apricots and plums to be used in the manufacture of jam may also be treated by other drying processes apart from freeze-drying.

3.

Citrus peel may be preserved in brine.