Regulation (EC) No 852/2004

means natural, artificial or purified seawater or brackish water that does not contain micro-organisms, harmful substances or toxic marine plankton in quantities capable of directly or indirectly affecting the health quality of food;

means clean seawater and fresh water of a similar quality;

means the central authority of a Member State competent to ensure compliance with the requirements of this Regulation or any other authority to which that central authority has delegated that competence;

means the presence or introduction of a hazard;

means, in respect of different systems, capable of meeting the same objectives;

means any unit of a food business;

means a container that is designed and intended to be secure against the entry of hazards;

means the placing of one or more wrapped foodstuffs in a second container, and the latter container itself;

means water meeting the minimum requirements laid down in Council Directive 98/83/EC of 3 November 1998 on the quality of water intended for human consumption;

means products of primary production including products of the soil, of stock farming, of hunting and fishing;

means foodstuffs resulting from the processing of unprocessed products.

means any action that substantially alters the initial product, including heating, smoking, curing, maturing, drying, marinating, extraction, extrusion or a combination of those processes;

shall mean respectively where necessary, where appropriate, adequate or sufficient to achieve the objectives of this Regulation.

means foodstuffs that have not undergone processing, and includes products that have been divided, parted, severed, sliced, boned, minced, skinned, ground, cut, cleaned, trimmed, husked, milled, chilled, frozen, deep-frozen or thawed;

means the placing of a foodstuff in a wrapper or container in direct contact with the foodstuff concerned, and the wrapper or container itself;