{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1009/annex-I/part-II/division-38/division-2",
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  "legislation": "eur/2019/1009",
  "legislation_title": "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)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1009",
  "path": "annex/I/part/II/division/38/division/2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Pathogens in a microbial plant biostimulant must not exceed the limits set out in the following table:",
  "text": "Micro-organisms/their toxins, metabolites\nSampling plans\nLimit\nn\nc\nSalmonella spp.\n5\n0\nAbsence in 25 g or 25 ml\nEscherichia coli\n5\n0\nAbsence in 1 g or 1 ml\nListeria monocytogenes\n5\n0\nAbsence in 25 g or 25 ml\nVibrio spp.\n5\n0\nAbsence in 25 g or 25 ml\nShigella spp.\n5\n0\nAbsence in 25 g or 25 ml\nStaphylococcus aureus\n5\n0\nAbsence in 25 g or 25 ml\nEnterococcaceae\n5\n2\n10 CFU/g\nAnaerobic plate count unless the microbial plant biostimulant is an aerobic bacterium\n5\n2\n105 CFU/g or ml\nYeast and mould count unless the microbial plant biostimulant is a fungus\n5\n2\n1 000 CFU/g or ml\nWhere:\nn number of units comprising the sample,\nc number of sample units giving values over the defined limit.",
  "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/2019/1009/annex/I/part/II/division/38/division/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:43:18.577135+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."
}