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Division 42 Liqueur with egg

United Kingdom

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  1. (a)

    Liqueur with egg is a spirit drink, whether or not flavoured, obtained from ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin, distillate and/or spirit, the characteristic ingredients of which are quality egg yolk, egg white and sugar or honey. The minimum sugar or honey content must be 150 grams per litre expressed as invert sugar. The minimum egg yolk content must be 70 grams per litre of the final product.

  2. (b)

    The minimum alcoholic strength by volume of liqueur with egg shall be 15 %.

  3. (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 liqueur with egg.

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Textual amendments

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 42(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)(h)