Glossary of the food sector

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

Tabletop sweeteners

Authorized sweetener preparations, which may contain other additives and/or food ingredients and are intended for sale to final consumers as a sugar substitute.

—Source: Reg. (EC) 1333/2008, Art. 3(2)(g)

Technical specification

Document that prescribes the technical requirements that an EU fertilizing product, its manufacturing process, or its sampling and analysis methods must meet.

—Source: Regulation (EU) 2019/1009, art. 2, point 16

Technological adjuvant

A substance that:

i) is not consumed as a food itself;

ii) is intentionally used in the processing of raw materials, foods, or their ingredients, to perform a specific technological function in processing; and

iii) may give rise to the unintentional but technically unavoidable presence of residues of that substance or its derivatives in the finished product, provided that these residues do not pose a health risk and have no technological effects on the finished product.

— Source: Regulation (EC) 1333/2008, Art. 3(2)(b)

Tests and studies

Research or experiments aimed at determining the properties and behavior of an active substance or plant protection product, predicting exposure to active substances and/or their relevant metabolites, determining safe exposure levels, and establishing the conditions for the safe use of such products.

— Source: Reg. (EU) 1107/2009, Art. 3(23)

Thank you

Everything subject to the provisions of Article 1, paragraph 2 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, Art. 3(11), excluding animals.

—Source: Regulation (EU) 2017/625, Art. 3(11)

Total Specific Migration Limit (SML(T))

Maximum permitted amount of certain substances released into foods or food simulants, expressed as the total of the components of the listed substances.

— Source: Reg. (EU) 10/2011, Art. 3(14)

Traceability

Ability to trace and follow the journey of a food, feed, food-producing animal, or substance intended to be, or expected to be, incorporated into a food or feed through all stages of production, processing, and distribution.

— Source: Reg. (EC) 178/2002, Art. 3(15)

Traceability

Ability to identify and track a food, feed, or product referred to in Article 2(1), and any substance intended to be, or expected to be, incorporated into a food, feed, or product referred to in Article 2(1), through all stages of production, preparation, and distribution.

—Source: Regulation (EU) 2018/848, Art. 3(49)

Traceability (GMO)

Ability to trace GMOs and products produced from GMOs at all stages of placing on the market throughout the production and distribution chain.

— Source: Regulation (EC) 1830/2003, Art. 3(3)

Traceability (MOCA)

Ability to reconstruct and track the journey of materials or objects through all stages of manufacturing, processing, and distribution.

—Source: Reg. (EC) 1935/2004, Art. 2(1)(a)

Traditional food from a third country

A novel food as defined in point (a) of this paragraph, other than novel foods referred to in points (i), (iii), (vii), (viii), (ix) and (x) of that point, derived from primary production as defined in point 17 of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002, which has a history of safe use as food in a third country.

— Source: Regulation (EU) 2015/2283, Art. 3(2)(c)