{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-142/annex-V/chapter-III/section-3/division-1",
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  "legislation": "eur/2011/142",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 of 25 February 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption and implementing Council Directive 97/78/EC as regards certain samples and items exempt from veterinary checks at the border under that Directive (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-142",
  "path": "annex/V/chapter/III/section/3/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(a)Representative samples of the digestion residues or compost taken during or immediately after transformation at the biogas plant or composting at the composting plant in order to monitor the process must comply with the following standards:\nEscherichia coli: n = 5, c = 1, m = 1 000, M = 5 000 in 1 g;\nor\nEnterococcaceae: n = 5, c = 1, m = 1 000, M = 5 000 in 1 g;\nand\n(b)Representative samples of the digestion residues or compost taken during or on withdrawal from storage must comply with the following standards:\nSalmonella: absence in 25 g: n = 5; c = 0; m = 0; M = 0\nWhere in the case of point (a) or (b):\nnnumber of samples to be tested;\nmthreshold value for the number of bacteria; the result is considered satisfactory if the number of bacteria in all samples does not exceed m;\nMmaximum value for the number of bacteria; the result is considered unsatisfactory if the number of bacteria in one or more samples is M or more; and\ncnumber of samples the bacterial count of which may be between m and M, the sample still being considered acceptable if the bacterial count of the other samples is m or less.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/142/annex/V/chapter/III/section/3/division/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:50:18.901897+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."
}