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Division Interpretation of the test resultsF1

United Kingdom

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The limits given refer to each sample unit tested, excluding testing of carcases where the limits refer to pooled samples.

The test results demonstrate the microbiological quality of the process tested.

Enterobacteriaceae and aerobic colony count in carcases of cattle, sheep, goats, horses and pigs:

  • satisfactory, if the daily mean log is ≤ m,

  • acceptable, if the daily mean log is between m and M,

  • unsatisfactory, if the daily mean log is > M.

Salmonella in carcases:

  • satisfactory, if the presence of Salmonella is detected in a maximum of c/n samples,

  • unsatisfactory, if the presence of Salmonella is detected in more than c/n samples.

After each sampling session, the results of the last ten sampling sessions shall be assessed in order to obtain the n number of samples.

E. coli and aerobic colony count in minced meat, meat preparations and mechanically separated meat (MSM):

  • satisfactory, if all the values observed are ≤ m,

  • acceptable, if a maximum of c/n values are between m and M, and the rest of the values observed are ≤ m,

  • unsatisfactory, if one or more of the values observed are > M or more than c/n values are between m and M.

F2Campylobacter spp. in poultry carcases of broilers:

  • satisfactory, if a maximum of c/n values are > m,

  • unsatisfactory, if more than c/n values are > m.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1441/2007 of 5 December 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 on microbiological criteria for foodstuffs (Text with EEA relevance).

F2

Inserted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1495 of 23 August 2017 amending Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 as regards Campylobacter in broiler carcases (Text with EEA relevance).

Notes on Division 2.1

Textual amendments

F2

Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1495 of 23 August 2017 amending Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 as regards Campylobacter in broiler carcases (Text with EEA relevance).

F3

Inserted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1086/2011 of 27 October 2011 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 as regards salmonella in fresh poultry meat (Text with EEA relevance).

F4

Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/229 of 7 February 2019 amending Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 on microbiological criteria for foodstuffs as regards certain methods, the food safety criterion for Listeria monocytogenes in sprouted seeds, and the process hygiene criterion and food safety criterion for unpasteurised fruit and vegetable juices (ready-to-eat) (Text with EEA relevance).

F5

Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 217/2014 of 7 March 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 as regards Salmonella in pig carcases (Text with EEA relevance).

F6

Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1086/2011 of 27 October 2011 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 as regards salmonella in fresh poultry meat (Text with EEA relevance).

Footnotes

f1

n = number of units comprising the sample; c = number of sample units giving values between m and M.

f2

For points 2.1.3-2.1.5 and 2.1.9 m = M.

f3

The most recent edition of the standard shall be used.

f4

The limits (m and M) shall apply only to samples taken by the destructive method. The daily mean log shall be calculated by first taking a log value of each individual test result and then calculating the mean of these log values.

f5

The 50 samples shall be derived from 10 consecutive sampling sessions in accordance with the sampling rules and frequencies laid down in this Regulation.

f6

The number of samples where the presence of salmonella is detected. The c value is subject to review in order to take into account the progress made in reducing the salmonella prevalence. Member States or regions having low salmonella prevalence may use lower c values even before the review.

f7

Where Salmonella spp. is found, the isolates shall be further serotyped for Salmonella Typhimurium and Salmonella Enteritidis in order to verify compliance with the microbiological criterion set out in Row 1.28 of Chapter 1.

f8

This criterion shall not apply to minced meat produced at retail level when the shelf-life of the product is less then 24 hours.

f9

E. coli is used here as an indicator of faecal contamination.

f10

These criteria apply to mechanically separated meat (MSM) produced with the techniques referred to in paragraph 3 of Chapter III of Section V of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council.