{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-2073/annex-I/chapter-2/division-2.3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-2073/annex-I/chapter-2/division-2.3.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2005/2073",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 of 15 November 2005 on microbiological criteria for foodstuffs (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-2073",
  "path": "annex/I/chapter/2/division/2.3",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2.3",
  "heading": "Egg products",
  "text": "n = number of units comprising the sample; c = number of sample units giving values between m and M.\nThe most recent edition of the standard shall be used.\nFood category\nMicro-organisms\nSampling plan\nLimits\nAnalytical reference method\nStage where the criterion applies\nAction in case of unsatisfactory results\nn\nc\nm\nM\n2.3.1\nEgg products\nEnterobacteriaceae\n5\n2\n10 cfu/g or ml\n100 cfu/g or ml\nEN ISO 21528-2\nEnd of the manufacturing process\nChecks on the efficiency of the heat treatment and prevention of recontamination",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "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)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "n = number of units comprising the sample; c = number of sample units giving values between m and M."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The most recent edition of the standard shall be used."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2005/2073/annex/I/chapter/2/division/2.3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:54:04.164955+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}