Article 1U.K.Subject-matter and scope
This Regulation lays down the microbiological criteria for certain micro-organisms and the implementing rules to be complied with by food business operators when implementing the general and specific hygiene measures referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 852/2004. The competent authority shall verify compliance with the rules and criteria laid down in this Regulation in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 882/2004, without prejudice to its right to undertake further sampling and analyses for the purpose of detecting and measuring other micro-organisms, their toxins or metabolites, either as a verification of processes, for food suspected of being unsafe, or in the context of a risk analysis.
This Regulation shall apply without prejudice to other specific rules for the control of micro-organisms laid down in F1... legislation and in particular the health standards for foodstuffs laid down in Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council(1), the rules on parasites laid down under Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council(2) and the microbiological criteria laid down under Council Directive 80/777/EEC(3).
Textual Amendments
F1Word in Art. 1 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The General Food Hygiene (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/642), regs. 1, 21; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 55, corrected by OJ L 226, 25.6.2004, p. 22.
OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 206, corrected by OJ L 226, 25.6.2004, p. 83.