# Commission Decision of 5 February 2010 concerning a financial contribution from the Union towards a coordinated monitoring programme on the prevalence of Listeria monocytogenes in certain ready-to-eat foods to be carried out in the Member States (notified under document C(2010) 592) (2010/75/EU), Division 3: Information to be included in the individual detailed data for each sample

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(a) Type of sample:
(i) packaged soft and semi-soft cheeses,
(ii) packaged smoked and gravad fish,
(iii) packaged heat-treated meat products;
(b) Subtype of the sample:
(i) cheeses made from raw/thermised/pasteurised milk,
(ii) cheeses made from cow/goat/sheep/buffalo/mixed milk,
(iii) smear-ripened, mould-ripened, brine-matured or other ripened cheeses,
(iv) sliced and non-sliced products,
(v) cold/hot smoked or gravad fish,
(vi) species of the fish;
(c) Preservatives used in smoked or gravad fish (as indicated in the label);
(d) Cheese rind included in the specimen analyses (yes/no, if yes then also proportion if available);
(e) Code of the laboratory involved in initial analysis;
(f) Date of sample collection;
(g) Use by date of the sampled product;
(h) Production/packaging date (if available);
(i) Surface temperature of the sample in the retail outlet;
(j) Storage temperature in the laboratory up to the end of shelf-life;
(k) Analysis immediately after sampling (only for smoked and gravad fish)/end of shelf-life;
(l) Date of beginning of the analysis at the laboratory;
(m) Detection of Listeria monocytogenes:
qualitative results (absence/presence in 25 g);
(n) Quantification of Listeria monocytogenes:
quantitative results (cfu/g);
(o) pH (only smoked and gravad fish);
(p) Water activity (aw) (only smoked and gravad fish);
(q) Code of the city/town;
(r) Code of the outlet;
(s) Type of retailer:
(i) supermarket,
(ii) small shop/independent retailer,
(iii) speciality delis,
(iv) street market/farmers’ market;
(t) Country of production:
as ascertained with reference to the identification mark on packaging or commercial documentation;
(u) Pre-packaged:
(i) modified atmosphere packaged,
(ii) vacuum packaged,
(iii) packed at retail level (only for cheeses);
(v) Organoleptic quality of the sample.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2010/75/annex/I/part/D/division/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2010-75/annex-I/part-D/division-3
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