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Ministerial Joint Decree No. 726/88 approving a Decision by the Supreme Council of Chemistry regarding an amendment of article 23 to the Food Code.

Country/Territory
Greece
Document type
Regulation
Date
1988
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Efimeris tis Kyverniseos No. 436, Part II, 21 June 1988, p. 4177.
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Codex Alimentarius Packaging/labelling Food quality control/food safety
Geographical area
Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe
Abstract

With this Decree, in article 23 concerning closed metal containers for foodstuffs (tins), paragraph 10 is added as follows: "the lateral seams of metal containers for foodstuffs may be weld together by using the "Soudronic welding process". The side junctures must be overlaid with an antioxidant varnish which does not merge with the foodstuff contained in the container.".

Full text
Greek

References - Legislation

Amends

Ministerial Decree No. 1100/87 codifying the provisions of the Food Code.

Legislation | Greece | 1987

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Codex Alimentarius

Source: FAO, FAOLEX