Commission Decision of 5 November 2010 concerning a financial contribution from the Union towards a coordinated monitoring programme on the prevalence of Listeria monocytogenes in certain ready-to-eat foods to be carried out in the Member States (notified under document C(2010) 7516) (2010/678/EU)

3. Information to be included in the individual detailed data for each sample U.K.

(a)

Type of sample:

(i)

packaged soft and semi-soft cheeses;

(ii)

packaged smoked and gravad fish;

(iii)

packaged heat-treated meat products;

(b)

Subtype of the sample:

(i)

cheeses made from raw/thermised/pasteurised milk;

(ii)

cheeses made from cow/goat/sheep/buffalo/mixed milk;

(iii)

smear-ripened, mould-ripened, brine-matured or other ripened cheeses;

(iv)

sliced and non-sliced products;

(v)

cold/hot smoked or gravad fish;

(vi)

species of the fish;

(c)

Preservatives used in smoked or gravad fish (as indicated in the label);

(d)

Cheese rind included in the specimen analyses (yes/no, if yes then also proportion if available);

(e)

Date of sample collection;

(f)

Use by date of the sampled product;

(g)

Production/packaging date (if available);

(h)

Surface temperature of the sample in the retail outlet;

(i)

Storage temperature in the laboratory up to the end of shelf-life;

(j)

Analysis immediately after sampling (only for smoked and gravad fish)/end of shelf-life;

(k)

Date of beginning of the analysis at the laboratory;

(l)

Detection of Listeria monocytogenes:

qualitative results (absence/presence in 25 g);

(m)

Quantification of Listeria monocytogenes:

quantitative results (cfu/g);

(n)

pH (only smoked and gravad fish);

(o)

Water activity (a_w) (only smoked and gravad fish);

(p)

Code of the city/town;

(q)

Code of the outlet;

(r)

Type of retailer:

(i)

supermarket;

(ii)

small shop/independent retailer;

(iii)

speciality delis;

(iv)

street market/farmers’ market;

(s)

Country of production:

as ascertained with reference to the identification mark on packaging or commercial documentation;

(t)

Pre-packaged:

(i)

modified atmosphere packaged;

(ii)

vacuum packaged;

(iii)

packed at retail level (only for cheeses and meat products);

(u)

Organoleptic quality of the sample.