1085 Manufacture of 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:

• prepared food consisting of less than two components, see the appropriate category of division 10
• soups and stocks, see 10.89.11
• ready-perishable foods, see 10.89.16
• wholesale trade services of ready meals and dishes, see 46.38
• retail sale of ready meals and dishes in stores, see the appropriate category of division 47
• ready-made meals prepared in catering establishments for immediate consumption, see the appropriate category of division 56

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.

This subcategory includes:

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

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.

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.

This subcategory includes:

• other ready (i.e. prepared, seasoned and cooked) meals and dishes containing various components

This subcategory also includes:

• frozen or otherwise preserved pizza
• chilled or otherwise preserved sandwiches, hamburgers, pitas or tortillas

This subcategory excludes:

• sandwiches (edible within a maximum of three days after production), see 10.89.16