# 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 non-microbial plant biostimulant must not exceed the limits set out in the following table:

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

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/39/division/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1009/annex-I/part-II/division-39/division-2
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