1085 Manufacture of prepared meals and dishes


Corresponding CPA codes

  • 10.85.1 Prepared meals and dishes

    This category includes:

    • ready (i.e. prepared, seasoned and cooked) meals and dishes, in vacuum-packaged, frozen or canned form. These dishes are usually packaged and labelled for re-sale.

    This category also includes:

    • local and national specialities composed of at least two products

    This category excludes:

    • food consisting of less than two components, see the appropriate part of division 10,
    • soups and stocks, see 10.89.11
    • ready-perishable foods, see 10.89.16
    • wholesale of ready meals and dishes, see 46.38
    • retail sale of ready meals and dishes in stores, see the appropriate part of division 47
    • ready-made meals prepared in catering establishments for immediate consumption, see the appropriate part of division 56
  • 10.85.11 Prepared meals and dishes based on meat, meat offal or blood

    This subcategory includes:

    • ready (i.e. prepared, seasoned and cooked) meals and dishes based on meat, meat offal or blood, in vacuum-packaged, frozen or canned form.

    These dishes are usually packaged and labelled for re-sale.

  • 10.85.12 Prepared meals and dishes based on fish, crustaceans and molluscs

    This subcategory includes:

    • ready (i.e. prepared, seasoned and cooked) meals and dishes based on fish, crustaceans and molluscs vacuum-packaged, frozen or canned form.

    These dishes are usually packaged and labelled for re-sale.

  • 10.85.13 Prepared meals and dishes based on vegetables

    This subcategory includes:

    • ready (i.e. prepared, seasoned and cooked) meals and dishes based on vegetables, in vacuum-packaged, frozen or canned form. These dishes are usually packaged and labelled for re-sale.
  • 10.85.14 Prepared meals and dishes based on pasta

    This subcategory includes:

    • ready (i.e. prepared, seasoned and cooked) meals and dishes based on pasta, in vacuum-packaged, frozen or canned form. These dishes are usually packaged and labelled for re-sale.
  • 10.85.19 Other prepared dishes and meals

    This subcategory includes:

    • other prepared dishes and meals

    This subcategory also includes:

    • frozen or otherwise preserved pizza
  • 10.85.9 Sub-contracted operations as part of manufacturing of prepared meals and dishes
  • 10.85.99 Sub-contracted operations as part of manufacturing of prepared meals and dishes

Codification rules

Priority in case of multiple activities

If production, repair and sales activities are carried out, the priority is as follows :

- if production and sale: production takes priority
- if production and repair: production takes priority
- if repair and sale: repair takes priority

Outsourced activities (outsourcing)

There are several types of outsourcing, the enterprise may outsource::
• Part of a production process, classification: production
• All of a production process
o & owner of commodities, classification: production
o & non-owner of commodities, classification: section G, M or N :

For a construction enterprise:
• Part of the construction activities, classification: construction - section F

Further information:
- Introduction to NOGA 2008