CODEX – STANDARD FOR CANNED SALMON

Regulation Name Codex Standard for Canned Salmon CXS 3-1981
Ratification date 1981
Enforcement date 1981

Summary by TTIA

Codex Standard for Canned Salmon CXS 3-1981 Adopted in 1981. Revised in 1991, 1995. Amended in 2011, 2013

This standard applies to Canned Salmon is the product prepared from headed and eviscerated fish of any of the species listed below from which the fins and tails have been removed, and to which salt, water, salmon oil and/or other edible oils may have been added.

– Salmo salar
– Oncorhynchus nerka
– Oncorhynchus kisutch
– Oncorhynchus tschawytscha
– Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
– Oncorhynchus keta
– Oncorhynchus masou

The details are as follows 1. Scope 2. Description 3. Essential Composition and Quality Factors 4. Food Additives 5. Hygiene 6. Labelling 7. Sampling, Examination and Analyses 8. Definition Of Defectives 9. Lot Acceptance