2. Product Categories

Quick-frozen Foodstuffs
EU

This section provides the regulatory definition of the food category in scope, or the appropriate food category for the product in scope. Additionally, it provides the food products that belong to this food category along with the definition and specific information on each of these types of food products.

2.1 Category Name & Definition

Category Name

Quick-frozen Foodstuffs [1].

Definition

Quick-frozen foodstuffs means foodstuffs:

• which have undergone a suitable freezing process known as 'quick-freezing' whereby the zone of maximum crystallization is crossed as rapidly as possible, depending on the type of product, and the resulting temperature of the product (after thermal stabilization) is continuously maintained at a level of -18 °C or lower at all points, and
• which are marketed in such a way as to indicate that they possess this characteristic.

2.2 Product & Definition

1) Frozen Potato Products - Deep Fried 

Definition

Specific regulation doesn’t exist for the category “potato”.

Specifications/Target Age

N/A

Additional Information

N/A

2) Frozen Cheese Snack Products - Deep Fried

Definition

Specific regulation doesn’t exist for the category “cheese”.

Specifications/Target Age

N/A

Additional Information

N/A

2.3 References

1. Council Directive 89/108/EEC of 21 December 1988 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to quick-frozen foodstuffs for human consumption

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A31989L0108