# Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 laying down rules on the making available on the market of EU fertilising products and amending Regulations (EC) No 1069/2009 and (EC) No 1107/2009 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 (Text with EEA relevance), Division 2: In addition to the requirements of either PFC 1(C)(I) or PFC 1(C)(II), an inorganic fertiliser which contains more than 1 % by mass of organic carbon (Corg), other than organic carbon (Corg) from:

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

chelating or complexing agents referred to in point 3 of component material category (CMC) 1 in Part II of Annex II,
nitrification inhibitors, denitrification inhibitors or urease inhibitors referred to in point 4 of CMC 1 in Part II of Annex II,
coating agents referred to in point 1(a) of CMC 9 in Part II of Annex II,
urea (CH4N2O), or
calcium cyanamide (CaCN2)
shall meet the requirement that pathogens in an inorganic fertiliser must not exceed the limits set out in the following table:
Micro-organisms to be tested
Sampling plans
Limit
n
c
m
M
Salmonella spp.
5
0
0
Absence in 25 g or 25 ml
Escherichia coli or Enterococcaceae
5
5
0
1 000 in 1 g or 1 ml
Where:
n number of samples to be tested,
c number of samples where the number of bacteria expressed in CFU is between m and M,
m threshold value for the number of bacteria expressed in CFU that is considered satisfactory,
M maximum value of the number of bacteria expressed in CFU.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/1009/annex/I/part/II/division/16/division/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1009/annex-I/part-II/division-16/division-2
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