Glossary of the food sector

Slaughterhouse

Establishment used for the slaughter and grooming of animals intended for human consumption.

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

Small wild game

Game birds and free-ranging lagomorphs.

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

Smoke flavoring

A product obtained by fractionating and purifying smoke condensate, resulting in primary smoke condensates, primary tar fractions, and/or derived smoke flavorings, as defined in Article 3(1), (2), and (4) of Regulation (EC) No 2065/2003.

—Source: Regulation (EC) No 2065/2003, Art. 3(1), (2), (4); Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008, Art. 3(2)(f)

Snails

Terrestrial gastropods of the species Helix pomatia, Helix aspersa, Helix lucorum, and the family Achatinidae.

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

Solid form

A form characterized by structural rigidity and resistance to changes in shape or volume, and in which atoms are held together by strong bonds, in a geometrically regular lattice (crystalline solids) or irregularly (amorphous solids).

—Source: Regulation (EU) 2019/1009, art. 2, point 7

Specific Migration Limit (SML)

Maximum permitted amount of a given substance released from a material or article into food products or food simulants.

— Source: Reg. (EU) 10/2011, Art. 3(13)

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