Commission Regulation (EU) 2024/2895 of 20 November 2024 amending Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 as regards Listeria monocytogenes

• CELEX: Regulation (EU) 2024/2895
• Articles: 3

Article 1

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 July 2026.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

In Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005, Chapter 1 (Food safety criteria) is amended as follows:

(1)

entry 1.2 is replaced by the following:

Food category

Micro-organisms/their toxins, metabolites

Sampling plan

Limits

Analytical reference method

Stage where the criterion applies

n

c

m

M

‘1.2

Ready-to-eat foods able to support the growth of L. monocytogenes , other than those intended for infants and for special medical purposes

Listeria monocytogenes

5

0

100 cfu/g

( *1 )

EN/ISO 11290-2

( *2 )

Products placed on the market during their shelf-life

5

0

Not detected in 25 g

( *3 )

EN/ISO 11290-1

Products placed on the market during their shelf-life

(2)

in the notes on the interpretation of the test results, the entry ‘ L. monocytogenes in ready-to-eat foods able to support the growth of L. monocytogenes before the food has left the immediate control of the producing food business operator when he is not able to demonstrate that the product will not exceed the limit of 100 cfu/g throughout the shelf-life:

—

satisfactory, if all the values observed indicate the absence of the bacterium,

—

unsatisfactory, if the presence of the bacterium is detected in any of the sample units.’

is replaced by the following:

‘

L. monocytogenes in ready-to-eat foods able to support the growth of L. monocytogenes if the producing food business operator has not been able to demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the competent authority, that the level of L. monocytogenes will not exceed the limit of 100 cfu/g throughout the shelf-life of the foods:

—

satisfactory, if all the values observed indicate the bacterium is not detected in any of the sample units,

—

unsatisfactory, if the presence of the bacterium is detected in any of the sample units.’

( *1 )   This criterion shall apply if the producing food business operator has been able to demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the competent authority, that the level of L. monocytogenes will not exceed the limit 100 cfu/g throughout the shelf-life of the food. The operator may fix intermediate limits during the process that must be low enough to guarantee that the limit of 100 cfu/g is not exceeded at the end of shelf-life of the food.

( *2 )   1 ml of inoculum is plated on a Petri dish of 140 mm diameter or on three Petri dishes of 90 mm diameter.

( *3 )   This criterion shall apply where the producing food business operator has not been able to demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the competent authority, that the level of L. monocytogenes will not exceed the limit of 100 cfu/g throughout the shelf-life of the food.’;