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For each batch the sample of egg products which is tested shall comply with the following microbiological criteria:—

(a)

salmonellae: absence in 25 g or 25 ml of egg products;

(b)

mesophilic aerobic bacteria: M = 105 in 1 g or 1 ml;

(c)

enterobacteriaceae: M = 102 in 1 g or 1 ml;

(d)

Staphylococcus aureus:absence in 1g of egg products.

M = maximum value for the number of bacteria; the result is considered unsatisfactory if the number of bacteria in one or more sample units is M or more.