# The Quick-frozen Foodstuffs (England) Regulations 2007, Paragraph 1


The conditions are that—
(a) the quick-frozen foodstuff has been manufactured from raw materials of sound, genuine and merchantable quality and no other materials;
(b) no raw material has been used in the manufacture of the quick-frozen foodstuff unless, at the time of its use, it would have been lawful for the raw material to be placed on the market for human consumption;
(c) the preparation and quick-freezing of the quick-frozen foodstuff have been carried out with sufficient promptness, and by use of appropriate technical equipment, to minimise any chemical, biochemical and microbiological changes to the food comprised in it;
(d) no cryogenic medium other than an authorised cryogenic medium has been used in direct contact with any food comprised in the quick-frozen foodstuff;
(e) the quick-freezing of each food comprised in the quick-frozen foodstuff has resulted in the temperature of that food after thermal stabilisation being –18oC or colder; and
(f) following the quick-freezing and thermal stabilisation of each food comprised in the quick-frozen foodstuff in compliance with sub-paragraph (e) the temperature of that food has been maintained at a level no warmer than –18oC, except where a permitted exception relating to the temperature of the food applies.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/191/schedule/2/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/quick-frozen-foodstuffs-england-regulations-2007/schedule-2/paragraph-1
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