# 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: Pathogens in a microbial plant biostimulant must not exceed the limits set out in the following table:

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

Micro-organisms/their toxins, metabolites
Sampling plans
Limit
n
c
Salmonella spp.
5
0
Absence in 25 g or 25 ml
Escherichia coli
5
0
Absence in 1 g or 1 ml
Listeria monocytogenes
5
0
Absence in 25 g or 25 ml
Vibrio spp.
5
0
Absence in 25 g or 25 ml
Shigella spp.
5
0
Absence in 25 g or 25 ml
Staphylococcus aureus
5
0
Absence in 25 g or 25 ml
Enterococcaceae
5
2
10 CFU/g
Anaerobic plate count unless the microbial plant biostimulant is an aerobic bacterium
5
2
105 CFU/g or ml
Yeast and mould count unless the microbial plant biostimulant is a fungus
5
2
1 000 CFU/g or ml
Where:
n number of units comprising the sample,
c number of sample units giving values over the defined limit.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/1009/annex/I/part/II/division/38/division/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1009/annex-I/part-II/division-38/division-2
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