CODEX STAN 90-1981 Standard for Canned Crab Meat
1. SCOPE
This standard applies to canned crab meat. It does not apply to specialty products where crab meat constitutes less than 50% m/m of the contents.
2. DESCRIPTION
2.1 PRODUCT DEFINITION
Canned crab meat is prepared singly or in combination from the leg, claw, body and shoulder meat from which the shell has been removed, of any of the edible species of the sub-order Brachyura of the order Decapoda and all species of the family Lithodidae.
2.2 PROCESS DEFINITION
Canned crab meat is packed in hermetically sealed containers and shall have received a processing treatment sufficient to ensure commercial sterility.
2.3 PRESENTATION
Any presentation of the product shall be permitted provided that it:
(i) meets all requirements of this standard; and
(ii) is adequately described on the label to avoid confusing or misleading the consumer.
