# Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/229 of 7 February 2019 amending Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 on microbiological criteria for foodstuffs as regards certain methods, the food safety criterion for Listeria monocytogenes in sprouted seeds, and the process hygiene criterion and food safety criterion for unpasteurised fruit and vegetable juices (ready-to-eat) (Text with EEA relevance), Annex

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

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 is amended as follows:
(1) Chapter 1 is amended as follows:
(a) in rows 1.1, 1.2, 1.4 to 1.20, 1.22 to 1.24, 1.28 and 1.29, in the column ‘Limits’, the term ‘Absence’ is replaced by the terms ‘Not detected’;
(b) in the column ‘Analytical reference method’:
(i) in rows 1.4 to 1.20, 1.22 and 1.23, ‘EN/ISO 6579’ is replaced by ‘EN ISO 6579-1’;
(ii) in rows 1.21, the terms ‘European screening method of the CRL for coagulase positive staphylococci (13)’ are replaced by the terms ‘EN ISO 19020’;
(iii) in row 1.24, ‘ISO/TS 22964’ is replaced by ‘EN ISO 22964’;
(iv) in rows 1.26 to 1.27a, ‘HPLC (19)’ is replaced by ‘EN ISO 19343’;
(v) in row 1.28, ‘EN/ISO 6579 (for detection) White- Kaufmann-Le Minor scheme (for serotyping)’ is replaced by ‘EN ISO 6579-1 (for detection) White- Kauffmann-Le Minor scheme (for serotyping)’;
(c) in row 1.24, in the column ‘Micro-organisms/their toxins, metabolites’, the terms ‘(Enterobacter sakasakii)’ are deleted;
(d) in row 1.28, in the column ‘Micro-organisms/their toxins, metabolites’, the terms ‘Salmonella typhimurium (21) Salmonella enteritidis’ are replaced by the terms ‘Salmonella Typhimurium (21) Salmonella Enteritidis’;
(e) in the second indent of footnote 4, the terms ‘excluding sprouted seeds,’ are deleted;
(f) footnotes 13 and 19 are deleted;
(g) in footnote 14, the terms ‘E. sakazakii’ are replaced by the terms ‘Cronobacter spp.’;
(h) under the heading ‘Interpretation of the test results’, the terms ‘Enterobacter sakazakii’ are replaced by the terms ‘Cronobacter spp.’;
(i) in row 1.20, in the column ‘Food category’, the terms ‘Unpasteurised fruit and vegetable juices (ready- to-eat)’ are replaced by the following:
‘Unpasteurised fruit and vegetable juices (ready- to-eat)’.
(2) Chapter 2 is amended as follows:
(a) in rows 2.1.1, 2.1.2., 2.1.6., 2.1.7. the terms ‘ISO 4833’ are replaced by the terms ‘EN ISO 4833-1’;
(b) in rows 2.1.3 to 2.1.5, 2.2.9 and 2.2.10, in the column ‘Limits’, the term ‘Absence’ is replaced by the terms ‘Not detected’;
(c) in the column ‘Analytical reference method’:
(i) in rows 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.2.1, 2.2.7, 2.2.8 and 2.3.1, the terms ‘ISO 21528-2’ are replaced by the terms ‘EN ISO 21528-2’;
(ii) in row 2.1.3 and 2.1.4, the terms ‘EN/ISO 6579’ are replaced by the terms ‘EN ISO 6579-1’;
(iii) in row 2.1.5, the terms ‘EN/ISO 6579 (for detection)’ are replaced by the terms ‘EN ISO 6579-1’;
(iv) in rows 2.2.9 and 2.2.10, the terms ‘ISO 21528-1’ are replaced by the terms ‘EN ISO 21528-1’;
(d) in Section 2.1 ‘Meat and products thereof’, footnote 10 is replaced by the following:
‘Where Salmonella spp. is found, the isolates shall be further serotyped for Salmonella Typhimurium and Salmonella Enteritidis in order to verify compliance with the microbiological criterion set out in Row 1.28 of Chapter 1.’;
(e) in Section 2.2 ‘Milk and dairy products’, in footnote 9, the terms ‘E. sakazakii’ are replaced by the terms ‘Cronobacter spp.’;
(f) in row 2.5.2, in the column ‘Food category’, the terms ‘Unpasteurised fruit and vegetable juices (ready-to-eat)’ are replaced by the following:
‘Unpasteurised fruit and vegetable juices (ready-to-eat)’.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/229/annex (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-229/annex
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