# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 426/2012 of 22 May 2012 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Πράσινες Ελιές Χαλκιδικής (Prasines Elies Chalkidikis) (PDO)), Division 3: Quality selection and grading by size — packing

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

After fermentation and pitting, the olives are transferred from the tanks to work benches, where experienced workers carry out a visual check of the fruit and manually remove the spoilt and bruised fruit and, generally, all fruit that has suffered any deterioration. The fruit are then transported by conveyer belt to the sorting equipment, where they are sorted by size and placed in containers.
The olives are mostly packaged in plastic containers made of material that is harmless for consumers and does not react with the product, in tin cans and in glass jars, irrespective of the weight of the content. The containers are filled with brine, to which L-ascorbic acid, citric acid or lactic acid can be added, in accordance with EU and Greek law, to preserve the product.
The fruit may also be packaged at units outside the Prefecture of Chalkidiki to which the processed product is delivered, provided that traceability is ensured on the basis of transport documents, the relevant accounting records and the labelling rules contained in paragraph 4.8.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/426/annex/II/division/SUMMARY/division/4/division/4.5/division/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-426/annex-II/division-SUMMARY/division-4/division-4.5/division-3
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.