Glossary of the food sector

Specification

Composition of a substance, purity criteria for a substance, physicochemical characteristics of a substance, information on the manufacturing process of a substance, or additional information regarding the expression of migration limits.

— Source: Regulation (EU) 10/2011, Art. 3(18)

Specified Risk Material (SRM)

The tissues specified in Annex V [of Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001, Editor's note]; unless otherwise indicated, it does not include products containing such tissues or derived from them;

— Source: Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001, Art. 3(1)(g)

Sprouts

Definition according to Article 2(a) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 208/2013 of 11 March 2013 on traceability requirements for sprouts and seeds intended for the production of sprouts.

— Source: Regulation (EC) No. 2073/2005, Art. 2(m)

Stable

Transfer of live bivalve molluscs for contaminant reduction.

—Source: Regulation (EC) 853/2004, Annex I

Stages of production, transformation and distribution

Any stage, including import, from primary production of a food product up to and including its storage, transport, sale, or supply to the final consumer, and, where applicable, the import, production, processing, storage, transport, distribution, sale, and supply of feed.

— Source: Regulation (EC) 178/2002, Art. 3(16)

Stomachs, bladders and intestines treated

Organs subjected to salting, heating, or drying after cleaning.

—Source: Regulation (EC) 853/2004, Annex I

Substance

Substance as defined in Article 3, point 1, of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006.

—Source: Regulation (EU) 2019/1009, art. 2, point 3

Substances

Chemical elements and their compounds, as they occur naturally or industrially, including any impurities that inevitably arise from the manufacturing process.

— Source: Reg. (EU) 1107/2009, Art. 3(2)

Sugars

All monosaccharides and disaccharides present in a food, excluding polyols.

— Source: Regulation (EU) 1169/2011, Annex I, point 8

Supervision by the customs authority

Any measure as defined in Article 5, point 27, of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

—Source: Regulation (EU) 952/2013, Art. 5(27)

Supervisory Authority

Competent organic control authority as defined in Article 3(4) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, or an authority recognized by the Commission, or by a third country recognized by the Commission, for the purpose of carrying out controls in third countries for the import of organic and in-conversion products into the Union.

— Source: Regulation (EU) 2018/848, Art. 3(55)

Supervisory body

Delegated body as defined in Article 3(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, or a body recognized by the Commission, or by a third country recognized by the Commission, to carry out controls in third countries for the import of organic and in-conversion products into the Union.

— Source: Regulation (EU) 2018/848, Art. 3(56)

Supports [ref. food additives, Ed.]

Substances used to dissolve, dilute, disperse, or otherwise physically modify a food additive, flavoring, food enzyme, nutrient, and/or other substances added to foods for nutritional or physiological purposes without altering their function (and without themselves exerting any technological effect) in order to facilitate their handling, application, or use.

— Source: Regulation (EC) 1333/2008, Annex I, point 5