# Commission Regulation (EC) No 1850/2006 of 14 December 2006 laying down detailed rules for the certification of hops and hop products, Annex I

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

MINIMUM MARKETING REQUIREMENTS FOR HOP CONES
(referred to in Article 4)
Characteristics
Description
Maximum content(% of weight)
Prepared hops
Unprepared hops
(a)
Moisture
Water content
12
14
(b)
Leaves and stalks
Leaf fragments from branch tendrils, branch tendrils, leaf or cone strigs; to be classed as stalk, cone strigs must be at least 2,5 cm long
6
6
(c)
Hop waste
Small particles resulting from machine harvesting, varying in colour between dark green and black and which generally do not come from the cone; the maximum contents indicated may include particles of varieties of hops other than those to be certified, amounting to up to 2 % of the weight
3
4
(d)
In the case of ‘seedless hops’, seed
Mature fruit of the cone
2
2

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/1850/annex/I (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1850/annex-I
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