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UK SIC 1992:
EXPLANATORY NOTES

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Update UKSIC2003

SECTION D MANUFACTURING

SUBSECTION DA MANUFACTURE OF FOOD PRODUCTS, BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO

15 MANUFACTURE OF FOOD PRODUCTS AND BEVERAGES

15.1 Production, processing and preserving of meat and meat products

15.11 Production and preserving of meat
15.11/1 Slaughtering of animals other than poultry and rabbits

This subclass includes:
- production of fresh, chilled or frozen meat, in carcasses
- production of fresh, chilled or frozen meat, in cuts

This subclass also includes:
- production of hides and skins originating from slaughterhouses

This subclass excludes:
- packaging of meat for own account by the wholesale trade cf. 51.32
- packaging of meat on a fee or contract basis cf. 74.82


15.11/2 Animal by-product processing

This subclass includes:
- rendering of edible fats of animal origin
- processing of animal offal; production of flours and meals of meat

15.11/3 Fellmongery

This subclass includes:
- production of pulled wool

15.12 Production and preserving of poultry meat

This class includes:
- slaughtering of poultry
- preparation of poultry meat
- production of fresh or frozen poultry meat in individual portions

This class also includes:
- slaughtering of rabbits and the like
- preparation of rabbit meat and the like
- production of feathers and down

This class excludes:
- packaging of poultry meat for own account by the wholesale trade cf. 51.32
- packaging of poultry meat on a fee or contract basis cf. 74.82


15.13 Production of meat and poultry meat products
15.13/1 Bacon and ham production

This subclass includes:
- production of bacon and ham, including boiled ham

This subclass excludes:
- packaging of bacon and ham for own account by the wholesale trade cf. 51.32
- packaging of bacon and ham on a fee or contract basis cf. 74.82

15.13/2 This code is no longer in use

15.13/9 Other meat and poultry meat processing

This subclass includes:
- production of other dried, salted or smoked meat
- production of meat products: sausages, salami, puddings, andouillettes, saveloys, bolognas, pates, galentines, rillettes; meat extracts and juices
- production of prepared meat dishes

This subclass excludes:
- packaging of meat and poultry meat for own account by the wholesale trade cf. 51.32
- packaging of meat and poultry meat on a fee or contract basis cf. 74.82


15.2 Processing and preserving of fish and fish products

15.20 Processing and preserving of fish and fish products
15.20/1 Freezing of fish

This subclass includes:
- preservation of fish, crustaceans and molluscs: freezing and deep freezing

This subclass also includes:
- activities of vessels only engaged in processing and preserving fish by freezing

This subclass excludes:
- activities of vessels engaged both in fishing and in processing and freezing of fish cf. 05.01

15.20/2 This code is no longer in use

15.20/9 Other fish processing and preserving

This subclass includes:
- preservation of fish, crustaceans and molluscs: drying, smoking, salting, immersing in brine, canning, etc.
- production of fish, crustaceans and molluscs products: cooked fish, fish fillets, roes, caviar, caviar substitutes, etc.
- production of prepared fish dishes

This subclass also includes:
- activities of vessels only engaged in processing and preserving fish other than by freezing

This subclass excludes:
- activities of vessels engaged both in fishing and in processing and preserving of fish cf. 05.01
- production of oils and fats from marine material cf. 15.41
- manufacture of fish soups cf. 15.89/1


15.3 Processing and preserving of fruit and vegetables

15.31 Processing and preserving of potatoes

This class includes:
- production of prepared frozen potatoes
- production of dehydrated mashed potatoes
- production of potato snacks
- production of potato crisps
- manufacture of potato flour and meal

This class also includes:
- industrial peeling of potatoes

15.32 Manufacture of fruit and vegetable juice

This class also includes:
- production of concentrates and nectars

This class excludes:
- production of fruit syrup cf. 15.98


15.33 Processing and preserving of fruit and vegetables not elsewhere classified

This class includes:
- preserving of fruit, nuts or vegetables: freezing, drying, immersing in oil or in vinegar, canning, etc.
- manufacture of fruit or vegetable food products
- manufacture of jams, marmalades and table jellies

This class excludes:
- manufacture of flour or meal of dried leguminous vegetables cf.15.61/2
- preservation of fruit and nuts in sugar cf. 15.84/2


15.4 Manufacture of vegetable and animal oils and fats

15.41 Manufacture of crude oils and fats

This class includes:
- production of crude vegetable oils; olive oil, soya bean oil, palm oil, sunflower-seed oil, cotton seed oil, rape, colza or mustard oil, linseed oil, etc.
- production of non-defatted flour or meal of oil-seeds, oil nuts or oil kernels

This class also includes:
- production of non-edible animal oils and fats
- extraction of fish and marine mammal oils

Note:
- cotton linters, oil cakes and other residual products of oil production are by-products of this class

This class excludes:
- rendering and refining of lard and other edible animal fats cf. 15.11/2
- wet corn milling cf. 15.62
- production of essential oils cf. 24.63


15.42 Manufacture of refined oils and fats

This class includes:
- production of refined vegetable oils: olive oil, soya-bean oil, etc.
- processing of vegetable oils: blowing, boiling, oxidation, polymerisation, dehydration, hydrogenation, etc.

This class excludes:
- production of non-edible animal oils and fats cf. 15.41
- extraction of fish and marine mammal oils cf. 15.41


15.43 Manufacture of margarine and similar edible fats

This class includes:
- manufacture of margarine
- manufacture of melanges and similar spreads
- manufacture of compound cooking fats

15.5 Manufacture of dairy products

15.51 Operation of dairies and cheese making
15.51/1 Liquid milk and cream production

This subclass includes:
- production of fresh liquid milk, pasteurised, sterilised, homogenised and/or ultra heat treated
- production of cream from fresh liquid milk, pasteurised, sterilised, homogenised

This subclass excludes:
- production of fresh whole raw cow milk cf. 01.21


15.51/2 Butter and cheese production

This subclass includes:
- production of butter
- production of cheese and curd

15.51/3 This code is no longer in use

15.51/9 Manufacture of other milk products

This subclass includes:
- manufacture of dried or concentrated milk whether or not sweetened
- production of yogurt
- production of whey
- production of casein or lactose

15.52 Manufacture of ice cream

This class includes:
- production of ice cream and other edible ice such as sorbet

This class excludes:
- activities of ice cream parlours cf. 55.30/3


15.6 Manufacture of grain mill products, starches and starch products

15.61 Manufacture of grain mill products
15.61/1 Grain milling

This subclass includes:
- grain milling: production of flour, groats, meal or pellets of wheat, rye, oats, maize (corn) or other cereal grains
- manufacture of prepared blended flour for bread, cake, biscuits or pancakes

This subclass excludes:
- wet corn milling cf. 15.62

15.61/2 Manufacture of breakfast cereals and cereals-based foods

This subclass includes:
- manufacture of cereal breakfast foods
- rice milling: production of milled, polished, glazed, parboiled or converted rice; production of rice flour
- vegetable milling: production of flour or meal of dried leguminous vegetables, of roots or tubers, or of edible nuts

This subclass excludes:
- manufacture of potato flour and meal cf. 15.31


15.62 Manufacture of starches and starch products

This class includes:
- manufacture of starches from rice, potatoes, maize, etc.
- wet corn milling
- manufacture of glucose, glucose syrup, maltose, etc.
- manufacture of gluten
- manufacture of tapioca
- manufacture of corn oil

This class excludes:
- manufacture of lactose cf. 15.51/9
- production of cane or beet sugar cf. 15.83


15.7 Manufacture of prepared animal feeds

15.71 Manufacture of prepared feeds for farm animals

This class includes:
- manufacture of prepared feeds for farm animals including animal feed supplements
- preparation of unmixed (single) feeds for farm animals

This class excludes:
- production of fishmeal for animal feed cf. 15.20/9
- production of oil seed cake cf. 15.41


15.72 Manufacture of prepared pet foods

15.8 Manufacture of other food products

15.81 Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes

This class includes:
- manufacture of bread and rolls
- manufacture of fresh pastry, cakes, pies, tarts, etc.

This class excludes:
- manufacture of farinaceous products (e.g. pastas) cf. 15.85


15.82 Manufacture of rusks and biscuits; manufacture of preserved pastry goods and cakes

This class includes:
- manufacture of rusks and biscuits and "dry" bakery products
- manufacture of preserved pastry goods and cakes
- manufacture of snack products whether sweet or salted

15.83 Manufacture of sugar

This class includes:
- manufacture or refining of sugar (sucrose) and sugar substitutes from the juice of cane, beet, maple and palm

This class excludes:
- manufacture of glucose, glucose syrup, maltose cf. 15.62


15.84 Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery
15.84/1 Manufacture of cocoa and chocolate confectionery

This subclass includes:
- manufacture of cocoa, cocoa butter, cocoa fat, cocoa oil
- manufacture of chocolate and chocolate confectionery

15.84/2 Manufacture of sugar confectionery

This subclass includes:
- manufacture of sugar confectionery
- manufacture of chewing gum
- preserving in sugar of fruit, nuts, fruit-peels and other parts of plants
- manufacture of medicated confectionery

This subclass excludes:
- production of sucrose sugar cf. 15.83


15.85 Manufacture of macaroni, noodles, couscous and similar farinaceous products

This class includes:
- manufacture of pastas such as macaroni and noodles, cooked or uncooked, whether or not stuffed
- manufacture of couscous

15.86 Processing of tea and coffee
15.86/1 Tea processing

This subclass includes:
- blending of tea and mate
- packing of tea including packing in tea-bags

15.86/2 Production of coffee and coffee substitutes

This subclass includes:
- decaffeination and roasting of coffee
- production of coffee products:
. ground coffee
. soluble coffee
. extracts and concentrates of coffee
- manufacture of coffee substitutes

15.87 Manufacture of condiments and seasonings

This class includes:
- manufacture of spices, sauces and condiments:
. mayonnaise
. mustard flour and meal
. prepared mustard, etc.
- manufacture of vinegar

This class excludes:
- growing of spice crops cf. 01.13/9
- manufacture of table salt cf. 14.40


15.88 Manufacture of homogenised food preparations and dietetic food

This class includes:
- manufacture of foods for particular nutritional uses (Council directive, Official Journal of the European Communities No L186 dated 30 June 1989):
. infant formulae
. follow-up milk and other follow-up foods
. baby foods
. low-energy and energy-reduced foods intended for weight control
. dietary foods for special medical purposes
. low-sodium foods, including low-sodium or sodium-free dietary salts
. gluten-free foods
. foods intended to meet the expenditure of intense muscular effort, especially for sportsmen
. foods for persons suffering from carbohydrate-metabolism disorders (diabetes)

15.89 Manufacture of other food products not elsewhere classified
15.89/1 Manufacture of soups

This subclass includes:
- manufacture of soups and broths

15.89/2 This code is no longer in use

15.89/9 Manufacture of other food products not elsewhere classified

This subclass includes:
- manufacture of yeast, powdered or reconstituted eggs

15.9 Manufacture of beverages

15.91 Manufacture of distilled potable alcoholic beverages

This class includes:
- manufacture of distilled, potable, alcoholic beverages: manufacture of whisky, brandy, gin, liqueurs, etc.

This class excludes:
- manufacture of non-distilled alcoholic beverages cf. 15.92, 15.93, 15.94

15.92 Production of ethyl alcohol from fermented materials

This class includes:
- production of ethyl alcohol from fermented materials
- production of neutral spirits

15.93 Manufacture of wines
15.93/1 Manufacture of wine of fresh grapes and grape juice

This subclass includes:
- manufacture of wine:
. table wine
. QWPSR wine (Quality wine produced in specified regions)
- manufacture of sparkling wine

This subclass excludes:
- manufacture of wine from self-produced grapes cf. 01.13/1
- bottling and packaging without transformation of the wine cf. 51.34, 74.82


15.93/2 Manufacture of wine based on concentrated grape must

This subclass includes:
- manufacture of wine from concentrated grape must

This subclass excludes:
- bottling and packaging without transformation of the wine cf. 51.34, 74.82


15.94 Manufacture of cider and other fruit wines
15.94/1 Manufacture of cider and perry
15.94/2 This code is no longer in use

15.94/9 Manufacture of other fermented fruit beverages
15.95 Manufacture of other non-distilled fermented beverages

This class includes:
- manufacture of vermouth and the like

15.96 Manufacture of beer
15.97 Manufacture of malt
15.98 Production of mineral waters and soft drinks

This class includes:
- bottling of waters including production of natural mineral waters
- production of soft drinks:
. non-alcoholic flavoured and/or sweetened waters: lemonade, orangeade, cola, fruit drinks, tonic waters, etc.

This class excludes:
- production of fruit and vegetable juice cf. 15.32


16 MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS

16.0 Manufacture of tobacco products

16.00 Manufacture of tobacco products

This class includes:
- manufacture of tobacco products: cigarettes, cigarette tobacco, cigars, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, snuff
- manufacture of "homogenised" or "reconstituted" tobacco


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