Division 2.2.2.2 Method of production and manufacture

The whole of the subsection 2.3 of Annex II applies.

In the case of non chemically well defined natural products, usually complex mixtures of many compounds obtained by an extraction process, a detailed description of the extraction process shall be provided. It is recommended to use in the description the relevant terminology such as essential oil, absolute, tincture, extract and related terms^f1 widely used for botanically defined flavouring products to describe the extraction process. The extraction solvents used shall be specified, the precautions taken to avoid residues of the solvents, and the levels of residues where these are of toxicological concern if their presence would be unavoidable. The terms used to characterise the extract may include a reference to the method of extraction.