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Division CHAPTER I GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROCESSING AND PLACING ON THE MARKET

United Kingdom

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Microbiological standards for derived products

The following microbiological standards shall apply to derived products:

Samples of the final products taken during or on withdrawal from storage at the processing plant must comply with the following standards:

  • Salmonella: absence in 25 g: n = 5, c = 0, m = 0, M = 0

  • Enterobacteriaceae: n = 5, c = 2, m = 10, M = 300 in 1 g

where:

n

  • number of samples to be tested;

    • m

  • threshold value for the number of bacteria; the result is considered satisfactory if the number of bacteria in all samples does not exceed m;

    • M

  • maximum 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

    • c

  • number 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.

    • However, the microbiological standards set out in this Chapter shall not apply to rendered fats and fish oil from the processing of animal by-products, when the processed animal protein, which is obtained during the same processing, is subject to sampling to ensure compliance with those standards.