Council Regulation (EEC) No 2136/89Show full title

Council Regulation (EEC) No 2136/89 of 21 June 1989 laying down common marketing standards for preserved sardines and trade descriptions for preserved sardines and sardine-type products

Article 5U.K.

For the purposes of the trade description laid down in Article 7, a distinction shall be drawn between the following covering media, with or without the addition of other ingredients:

1.

olive oil;

2.

other refined vegetable oils, including olive-residue oil used singly or in mixtures;

3.

tomato sauce;

4.

natural juice (liquid exuding from the fish during cooking), saline solution or water;

5.

marinade, with or without wine;

6.

any other covering medium, on condition that it is clearly distinguished from the other covering media defined in points 1 to 5.

These covering media may be mixed, but olive oil may not be mixed with other oils.