Food Category Details

Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms (09.1)

Description:
The term “fresh” refers to fish and fish products that are untreated except for refrigeration, storage on ice, or freezing upon catching at sea or in lakes or other bodies of water in order to prevent decomposition and spoilage.¹

This page provides information on the food additive provisions that are acceptable for use in foods conforming to the food category.

This food category is listed in the Annex to Table 3. Unless specifically indicated below, food additive provisions implied by Table 3 do not automatically apply to this category.

Items in uppercase (e.g. PHOSPHATES) refer to food additive groups.