Division C SELACHIIF1
United Kingdom
| Criteria | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freshness category | Not admitted | |||
| Extra | A | B | ||
| Eye | Convex, very bright and iridescent; small pupils | Convex and slightly sunken; loss of brightness and iridescence, oval pupils | Flat, dull | Concave yellowishf1 |
| Appearance | In rigor mortis or partially in rigor; small quantity of clear mucus present on skin | Beyond rigor stage; no mucus on skin and especially in mouth and gill openings | Some mucus in mouth and on gill openings; slightly flattened jaw | Large quantities of mucus in mouth and on gill openings |
| Smell | Seaweed smell | No smell or very slight stale but not an ammonia smell | Slight ammonia; sour | Pungent ammonia smellf2 |
| Specific or additional criteria for skate | ||||
| . . . | ||||
Or in a more advanced state of decay. | ||||
| Extra | A | B | Not admitted | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skin | Bright, iridescent and shiny pigmentation, aqueous mucus | Bright pigmentation, aqueuous mucus | Pigmentation in the process of becoming discoloured and dull, opaque mucus | Discolouration, skin creased, thick mucus |
| Texture of the flesh | Firm and elastic | Firm | Soft | Flaccid |
| Aspect | Edge ot the fins translucent and curved | Stiff fins | Soft | Drooping |
| Belly | White and shiny with a mauvish edge around the fins | White and shiny with red patches limited to around the fins | White and dull, with numerous red or yellow patches | Yellow to greenish bellies red patches in the flesh itself |
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in Annex 1 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 20(9)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Footnotes
- f1
Or in a more advanced state of decay.
- f2
Or in a more advanced state of decay.