# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 of 22 October 2019 on the temporary increase of official controls and emergency measures governing the entry into the Union of certain goods from certain third countries implementing Regulations (EU) 2017/625 and (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Regulations (EC) No 669/2009, (EU) No 884/2014, (EU) 2015/175, (EU) 2017/186 and (EU) 2018/1660 (Text with EEA relevance), Annex 3a: Sampling procedure and analytical reference method for the control of presence of Listeria in food


Table: England
Sampling procedure and analytical reference method for the control of presence of Listeria in food, referred to in Article 3(ea)
Analytical reference method
Weight of consignment
Number of sample units (n)
Sampling procedures
Analytical result required for each sample unit of the same consignment
(1) The listed method must be used, or a method validated against it in accordance with the protocol set out in BS EN ISO 16140-2:2016 “Microbiology of the food chain. Method validation - Protocol for the validation of alternative (proprietary) methods against a reference method”. BS EN ISO 16140-2:2016 was published by the British Standards Institution on 31st July 2016 (ISBN 978 0 580 69940 5) and is available from the British Standards Institution https://knowledge.bsigroup.com.
(2) BS EN ISO 11290-1:2017 “Microbiology of the food chain. Horizontal method for the detection and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes and of Listeria spp. - Detection method”. Published by the British Standards Institution on 31st August 2017 (ISBN 978 0 580 77715 8). Available from the British Standards Institution https://knowledge.bsigroup.com.
BS EN ISO 11290-1:2017
Any weight
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n sample units are collected of a minimum of 100 g each. If batches are identified in the CHED, the sample units shall be collected from the different batches randomly chosen from the consignment. If batches cannot be identified, the sample units are collected randomly from the consignment. Pooling of sample units is not allowed. Each sample unit shall be tested separately.
No detection of Listeria in 25g

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/1793/annex/IIIa (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1793/annex-IIIa
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