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Food Law News - EU - 2018

Council Minutes, 11 December 2018

HYGIENE – Council discussions: Microbiological criteria for foodstuffs

The following is an extract from the minutes of the General Affairs Council meeting on the 11 December 2018

The Council decided not to oppose the adoption of a Commission regulation amending regulation 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 (13883/18 + ADD 1).

Commission Regulation No 2073/20052 lays down the microbiological criteria for certain microorganisms and the implementing rules to be complied with by food business operators in respect of the general and specific hygiene requirements.


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