1Interpretation

1 Interpretation

(1) In this Standard –

approved food for use of phage means food that –

  (a) is ordinarily consumed in the same state as that in which it is sold; and
  (b) is solid; and
  (c) is one of the following –

  (i) meat;
  (ii) meat product;
  (iii) fish;
  (iv) fish product;
  (v) fruit;
  (vi) fruit product;
  (vii) vegetable;
  (viii) vegetable product;
  (ix) cheese; and

(d) is not one of the following –

  (i) nuts in the shell and whole;
  (ii) raw fruits and vegetables that are intended for hulling, peeling or washing by the consumer.

dairy ingredient means an ingredient that is derived from a dairy source.

EC number (Enzyme Commission number) means the number which the Enzyme Commission uses to classify the principal enzyme activity.

maximum permitted level means the maximum amount of the processing aid which may be present in the food as specified in the Tables to clauses 3 to 18.

processing aid means a substance listed in clauses 3 to 19, where –

  (a) the substance is used in the processing of raw materials, foods or ingredients, to fulfil a technological purpose relating to treatment or processing, but does not perform a technological function in the final food; and
  (b) the proportion of the processing aid is no more than the maximum level necessary to achieve one or more technological functions under conditions of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP).

silica or silicates includes sodium calcium polyphosphate silicate, sodium hexafluorosilicate, sodium metasilicate, sodium silicate, silica and modified silica that complies with a monograph specification in clause 2 or clause 3 of Standard 1.3.4.

(2) In this Standard, the letters ‘ATCC’ followed by a number is a reference to the number which the American Type Culture Collection uses to identify a prokaryote.