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Division 43 Mistrà

United Kingdom

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  1. (a)

    Mistrà is a colourless spirit drink flavoured with aniseed or natural anethole:

    1. (i)

      with an anethole content of not less than 1 gram and not more than 2 grams per litre,

    2. (ii)

      that may also contain a distillate of aromatic herbs,

    3. (iii)

      containing no added sugar.

  2. (b)

    The minimum alcoholic strength by volume of mistrà shall be 40 % and the maximum alcoholic strength by volume shall be 47 %.

  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 mistrà.

Annotations

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 43(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)