Annex
Guideline: Acceptable preservation conditions
Effective 2 October 2021Acceptable methods for preservation are:
- Pickled in salt brine,
- Pickled in vinegar,
- Pickled in alcohol,
- Packaged in sugar syrup,
- Cured in salt or sugar,
- Glacé, crystallised or infused with in sugar syrup (e.g. mixed peel, cranberries, tropical fruits),
- Canned or bottled in salt, sugar, vinegar, salt brine, alcohol, or oil,
- Boiled with sugar until gelled (jam or jelly).
Canned/aseptically packaged includes any product that has been adequately commercially heat treated to render the contents sterile. The product must be shelf-stable.