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1085 Manufacture of prepared meals and dishes


  • 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