{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-142/annex-XIII/chapter-II/division-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-142/annex-XIII/chapter-II/division-5.json",
  "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/XIII/chapter/II/division/5",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Random samples must be taken from dogchews and from processed petfood, other than from canned petfood and other than from such processed petfood which has been treated in accordance in point 3(b)(v), during production and/or during storage (before dispatch) to verify compliance with the following standards:\nSalmonella: absence in 25 g, n = 5, c = 0, m = 0, M = 0.\nEnterobacteriaceae: n = 5, c = 2, m = 10, M = 300 in 1 g\nWhere:\nnnumber of samples to be tested;\nmthreshold value for the number of bacteria; the result shall be considered satisfactory if the number of bacteria in all samples does not exceed m;\nMmaximum value for the number of bacteria; the result shall be 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 shall still be 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/XIII/chapter/II/division/5",
    "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."
}