Commission Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005Show full title
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 of 15 November 2005 on microbiological criteria for foodstuffs (Text with EEA relevance)
Introductory Text
Article 1.Subject-matter and scope
Article 2.Definitions
Article 3.General requirements
Article 4.Testing against criteria
Article 5.Specific rules for testing and sampling
Article 6.Labelling requirements
Article 7.Unsatisfactory results
Article 8.Transitional derogation
Article 9.Analyses of trends
Article 10.Review
Article 11.Repeal
Article 12.This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day...
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ANNEX I
Microbiological criteria for foodstuffs
Chapter 1. Food safety criteria
Interpretation of the test results
Chapter 2. Process hygiene criteria
2.1 Meat and products thereof
Interpretation of the test results
2.2 Milk and dairy products
Interpretation of the test results
2.3 Egg products
Interpretation of the test results
2.4 Fishery products
Interpretation of the test results
2.5 Vegetables, fruits and products thereof
Interpretation of the test results
Chapter 3. Rules for sampling and preparation of test samples
3.1 General rules for sampling and preparation of test samples
3.2 Bacteriological sampling in slaughterhouses and at premises producing minced meat,...
Sampling rules for carcases of cattle, pigs, sheep, goats and...
Sampling rules for poultry carcases and fresh poultry meat
Guidelines for sampling
Sampling frequencies for carcases, minced meat, meat preparations, mechanically separated...
3.3 Sampling rules for sprouts
A. General rules for sampling and testing
1. Preliminary testing of the batch of seeds
2. Sampling and testing of the sprouts and the spent irrigation...
3. Sampling frequency
B. Derogation from the preliminary testing of all batches of seeds...
ANNEX II
The studies referred to in Article 3(2) shall include:
specifications for physico-chemical characteristics of the product, such as pH,...
When necessary on the basis of the abovementioned studies, the...
predictive mathematical modelling established for the food in question, using...
The above mentioned studies shall take into account the inherent...