All types of ready-to-eat foodstuffs

Draft Commission Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 as regards Listeria monocytogenes (Text with EEA relevance). Language(s): English. Number of pages: 6

The notified document consists of a draft text updating the Listeria monocytogenes food safety criterion laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 on microbiological criteria for foodstuffs. The objective of the draft text is to ensure an appropriate level of public health protection as regards the placing on the EU market of ready-to-eat foods, other than those intended for infants and for special medical purposes, that are able to support the growth of Listeria monocytogenes and for which the producing food business operator has not been able to demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the competent authority, that the level of Listeria monocytogenes will not exceed the limit of 100 cfu/g throughout their shelf-life.