Commission Regulation (EC) 577/97 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) 2991/94 laying down standards for spreadable fats and of Council Regulation (EEC) 1898/87 on the protection of designations used in the marketing of milk and milk products.

This Regulation establishes the conditions for obtaining the authorization to the use of the "butter" denomination for those products in which butter represents the main ingredient. Said conditions include, inter alia, a description of the ingredients and of the composition of the product, a description of the production process, and a report on the technical and organoleptic characteristics of the product.

1997-04-11