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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-2073/annex-I/chapter-2/division-2.5",
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  "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/2.5",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2.5",
  "heading": "Vegetables, fruits and products thereof",
  "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.\nThe term unpasteurised means that the juice has not been subjected to pasteurisation obtained by time-temperature combinations or to other processes validated to achieve an equivalent bactericidal effect to pasteurisation as regards its effect on E.coli .\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\n2.5.1\nPrecut fruit and vegetables (ready-to-eat)\nE. coli\n5\n2\n100 cfu/g\n1 000 cfu/g\nISO 16649-1 or 2\nManufacturing process\nImprovements in production hygiene, selection of raw materials\n2.5.2\nUnpasteurised fruit and vegetable juices (ready-to-eat)\nE. coli\n5\n2\n100 cfu/g\n1 000 cfu/g\nISO 16649-1 or 2\nManufacturing process\nImprovements in production hygiene, selection of raw materials",
  "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": "Inserted 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": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "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."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "The term unpasteurised means that the juice has not been subjected to pasteurisation obtained by time-temperature combinations or to other processes validated to achieve an equivalent bactericidal effect to pasteurisation as regards its effect on E.coli ."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2005/2073/annex/I/chapter/2/division/2.5",
    "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."
}