
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Fruit Juices and Fruit Nectars (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 and come into operation on 18th March 2011.
2 

(1) The Fruit Juices and Fruit Nectars Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5).
(2) In regulation 2(2)—
(a) at the end of sub-paragraph (d) omit the word “and”;
(b) at the end of sub-paragraph (e) substitute “; and” for the full stop; and
(c) after sub-paragraph (e) insert—“
(f) being a food bearing the reserved description “fruit juice from concentrate”, it complies with the minimum Brix level specified in Schedule 6, read together with the Notes to that Schedule.”.
(3) In regulation 5—
(a) for paragraph (d) substitute —“
(d) in the case of—
(i) a mixture of fruit juice and fruit juice from concentrate and which is marked or labelled with the single reserved description “fruit juice” (or such other description as, in accordance with the conditions which preface Column 1 (reserved descriptions) of Schedule 1, is required in place of the description “fruit juice”), or
(ii) a fruit nectar obtained partly from one or more concentrated products,
its labelling bears the words “partially from concentrate” or, as the case may be, “partially from concentrates”, such words to appear close to the reserved description, in letters that are clearly visible and easily distinguished from the background against which they appear;”; and
(b) for paragraph (e) substitute—“
(e) in the case of a fruit nectar obtained wholly from one or more concentrated products, its labelling bears the words “from concentrate” or, as the case may be, “from concentrates”, such words to appear close to the reserved description, in letters that are clearly visible and easily distinguished from the background against which they appear;”.
(4) In Schedule 1—
(a) in column 2 of item 3 (Fruit juice from concentrate), at the end insert—“The minimum Brix levels for fruit juices from concentrate are indicated in Schedule 6.”; and
(b) in column 2 of item 5 (Fruit nectar), for “Schedule 4” substitute “Schedule 5” in both places.
(5) After Schedule 5, insert Schedule 6, as set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
Sealed with the official seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 23rd February 2011.
Andrew McCormick
A senior officer of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety


SCHEDULE
Regulation 2(5)
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SCHEDULE 6
 Regulation 2 and Schedule 1

Column 1Fruit’s Common Name Column 2Botanical Name Column 3Minimum Brix level for fruit juices from concentrate (i.e. for reconstituted fruit juice and reconstituted fruit purée)
Apple (*) Malus domestica Borkh. 11.2
Apricot (**) Prunus armeniaca L. 11.2
Banana (**) Musa sp. 21.0
Blackcurrant (*) Ribes nigrum L. 11.6
Grape (*) Vitis vinifera L. or hybrids thereofVitis labrusca L. or hybrids thereof 15.9
Grapefruit (*) Citrus x paradise Macfad. 10.0
Guava (**) Psidium guajava L. 9.5
Lemon (*) Citrus limon (L.) Burm.f. 8.0
Mandarin (*) Citrus reticulataBlanco 11.2
Mango (**) Mangifera indica L. 15.0
Orange (*) Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck 11.2
Passion Fruit (*) Passiflora edulis Sims 13.5
Peach (**) Prunus persica (L.) Batsch var. Persica 10.0
Pear (**) Pyrus communis L. 11.9
Pineapple (*) Ananas comosus (L.) Merr. 12.8
Raspberry (*) Rubus idaeus L. 7.0
Sour Cherry (*) Prunus cerasus L. 13.5
Strawberry (*) Fragaria x ananassa Duch. 7.0
  
Notes:  
1. If a juice from concentrate is manufactured from a fruit not mentioned in the above list, the minimum Brix level of the reconstituted juice shall be the Brix level of the juice as extracted from the fruit used to make the concentrate.
2. For those products marked with an asterisk (*), which are produced as a juice, a minimum relative density is determined as such in relation to water at 20/20 °C.
3. For those products marked with two asterisks (**), which are produced as a purée, only a minimum uncorrected Brix reading (without correction of acid) is determined.
4. In respect of blackcurrant, guava, mango and passion fruit, the minimum Brix levels only apply to reconstituted fruit juice and reconstituted fruit purée produced in the EU.”