CODEX STAN 13-1981 Standard for Preserved Tomatoes
1 SCOPE
This Standard applies the products, as defined in Section 2 below, and offered for direct consumption, including for catering purposes or for repacking if required. This Standard also applies to the product when indicated as being intended for further processing. The Standard does not include dried tomatoes and preserved tomatoes containing other vegetables such as pepper and onions in quantities that materially alter the flavour, aroma and taste of the tomato component.
2 DESCRIPTION
2.1 PRODUCT DEFINITION
Preserved tomatoes is the product:
(a) prepared from fresh, washed, ripened tomatoes, conforming to the characteristics of the fruit of Lycopersicon/Lycopersicum esculentum P. Mill, of red or reddish varieties which are clean and which are sound. The tomatoes shall have had the stems and calices removed and where necessary, the core;
(b) packed with or without a suitable packing medium and seasoning ingredients appropriate to the product; and
(c) processed by heat, in an appropriate manner, before or after being hermetically sealed in a container, so as to prevent spoilage.
