# The Dairy Products (Hygiene) Regulations 1995, Paragraph 3


Subject to paragraph 5 below, milk-based products shall meet the standards referred to in the tables below upon removal from the processing establishment—
A.
Product
Type of Micro-organism
Standard (ml, g)
(i)
Cheese, other than hard cheese
Listeria monocytogenes
Absence in 25g where n = 5, c = 0
(ii)
Milk-based products, other than cheese covered by (i) above
Listeria monocytogenes
Absence in 1g
(iii)
Milk powder
Salmonella spp
Absence in 25g where n = 10, c = 0
(iv)
Milk-based products, other than milk powder
Salmonella spp
Absence in 25g where n = 5, c = 0
The sample of 25g referred to in paragraph (I) of table A above shall consist of 5 specimens of 5g taken from different parts of the same product.
B.
Product
Type of Micro-organism
Standard (ml, g)
(i)
Cheese made from raw milk or from thermised milk
Staphylococcus aureus
Escherichia coli
n = 5, c = 2, m = 1,000, M = 10,000
n = 5, c = 2, m = 10,000, M = 100,000
(ii)
Soft cheese made from heat-treated milk
Staphylococcus aureus
Escherichia coli
} n = 5, c = 2, M = 100, M = 1,000
(iii)
Fresh cheese
Powdered milk
Frozen milk-based products including ice-cream
Staphylococcus aureus
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} n = 5, c = 2, m = 10, M = 100

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1086/schedule/6/part/I/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/dairy-products-hygiene-regulations-1995/schedule-6/part-I/paragraph-3
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