Division 25 Aniseed-flavoured spirit drinks

United Kingdom

(a)
Aniseed-flavoured spirit drinks are spirit drinks produced by flavouring ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin with natural extracts of star anise (Illicium verum Hook f.), anise (Pimpinella anisum L.), fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Mill.), or any other plant which contains the same principal aromatic constituent, using one of the following processes or a combination thereof:
1. (i)
  maceration and/or distillation,
2. (ii)
  redistillation of the alcohol in the presence of the seeds or other parts of the plants specified above,
3. (iii)
  addition of natural distilled extracts of aniseed-flavoured plants.
(b)
The minimum alcoholic strength by volume of aniseed-flavoured spirit drinks shall be 15 %.
(c)
Only natural flavouring substances and F1flavouring preparations as defined in Article F23(2)(c) and (d) of Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008 may be used in the preparation of aniseed-flavoured spirit drinks.
(d)
Other natural plant extracts or aromatic seed may also be used, but the aniseed taste must remain predominant.

Annotations

F1: Substituted by Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on flavourings and certain food ingredients with flavouring properties for use in and on foods and amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/91, Regulations (EC) No 2232/96 and (EC) No 110/2008 and Directive 2000/13/EC (Text with EEA relevance).
F2: Words in Annex 2 category 25(c) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 17(20)(d)