# Commission Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 of 15 November 2005 on microbiological criteria for foodstuffs (Text with EEA relevance), Article 1: Subject-matter and scope

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

This Regulation lays down the microbiological criteria for certain micro-organisms and the implementing rules to be complied with by food business operators when implementing the general and specific hygiene measures referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 852/2004. The competent authority shall verify compliance with the rules and criteria laid down in this Regulation in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 882/2004, without prejudice to its right to undertake further sampling and analyses for the purpose of detecting and measuring other micro-organisms, their toxins or metabolites, either as a verification of processes, for food suspected of being unsafe, or in the context of a risk analysis.
This Regulation shall apply without prejudice to other specific rules for the control of micro-organisms laid down in ... legislation and in particular the health standards for foodstuffs laid down in Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, the rules on parasites laid down under Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and the microbiological criteria laid down under Council Directive 80/777/EEC.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2005/2073/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-2073/article-1
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