Category Archives: EU2073

EU – Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat foods – update of safety criteria –

Posted on April 16, 2024 by | 1 comment

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About this initiative

Summary

This initiative aims to align EU rules with international ‘Codex alimentarius’ standards on the acceptable level of contamination by Listeria monocytogenes of certain categories of ready-to eat food sold on the EU market.

The main objective is to protect consumers’ health while facilitating official controls carried out by the competent authorities in EU countries.

Topic
Food safety
Type of act
Regulation
Committee
C20402 

Draft act

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10 April 2024 – 08 May 2024  (midnight Brussels time)

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Draft regulation – Ares(2024)2627325
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Annex – Ares(2024)2627325
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EU proposes change to Listeria in RTE food rules

Posted on April 12, 2024 by | Leave a comment

Food Safety News

The European Commission has published long-awaited plans to update the rules around Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat (RTE) foods.

The draft regulation removes a section about the absence of Listeria in 25-grams before food has left the immediate control of the food business operator who has produced it.

It now states that Listeria monocytogenes not detected in 25-grams should apply to all situations where foods are placed on the market during their shelf-life and for which the producing food business has not been able to demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the relevant authority, that the level of Listeria will not exceed the limit of 100 colony forming units per gram (CFU/g) throughout their shelf-life.

Comment period
To allow food businesses time to adapt their practices and procedures to the new requirement, the earliest the regulation will become applicable is January 2026. Comments on the proposals are open until May 8, 2024.

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Posted in EU2073, Food Micro Blog, Food Microbiology, Food Microbiology Blog, Food Microbiology Research, Food Microbiology Testing, Listeria, Listeria monocytogenes, microbial contamination, Microbial growth, Microbiological Risk Assessment, Microbiology, Microbiology Investigations, Microbiology Risk

UK/EU – No time to chill: Will new laws around Listeria cause chaos?

Posted on July 4, 2023 by | Leave a comment

Food Manufacturer

Denise Rion, head of technical at BFFF, discusses UK guidance around Listeria and frozen and chilled foods, and raises concerns over proposed changes to EU Listeria regulation.

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Posted in EU2073, Listeria, Listeria monocytogenes

Research – CFA’s dataset central to preparing response to awaited changes in EU Listeria regulations – but more involvement needed from other sections of industry

Posted on April 20, 2023 by | Leave a comment

CFA

Work continues on building a consortium of European and international industry and the industry Response to the EU’s awaited but undefined proposed changes to Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) legislation (EU Microbiological Criteria for Foodstuffs Regulation 2073/2005) (CFA News #56 and #57).

Potential changes to the regulation include:

  • loss of 100 cfu/g as an upper limit and introduction of zero tolerance/not detected in 25g
  • requirements to set shelf life by challenge testing and not durability testing.

This is the most important policy matter for the UK industry, which can demonstrate through hard data (epidemiology, food and environmental sampling) that its approach is much more effective from a public health perspective than that in other major European countries and across Europe, the UK listeriosis rate consistently being half that of Europe as a whole.

Read more at the link above.

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Posted in Decontamination Microbial, EU2073, Food Micro Blog, Food Microbiology, Food Microbiology Blog, Food Microbiology Research, Food Microbiology Testing, Listeria, Listeria monocytogenes, microbial contamination, Microbial growth, Microbiological Risk Assessment, Microbiology, Microbiology Investigations, Microbiology Risk

Food Safety Issues – Spices in India

Posted on February 13, 2012 by | 2 comments

Business Standard 

Indian spice traders and producers are facing challenges like food safety, sustainability and traceability. Food safety regulations are affecting spice exports especially to the countries like Germany, France, England, Japan and Australia. India is biggest producer and exporter of spices in the world. As the regulations varies from country-to-country, it is becoming hard to maintain all the required standards.

Geemon Korah, CEO, Kancor Ingredients Ltd said, “These regulations are badly hitting our export markets. Therefore sustainability is a major issue.

The maximum containers are rejected from European countries, Japan and Australia. We are largest exporter of chilli and ginger to these countries.”

Among the major spices exported from India, chilli contributes 132,500 tonnes occupies the first place. Other major spices that are exported from India include turmeric (58,000 tonnes), Cumin (26,500 tonnes), Coriander (18,200 tonnes), Pepper (17,000) , Fenugreek (14,700 tonnes), Ginger (11, 250 tonnes) , Fennel (5,100 tonnes ), Nutmeg & mace (2,550 tonnes), celery (2,450 tonnes) , Cardamom small (3,100 tonnes) and Cardamom Large (475 tonnes), Garlic (1075 tonnes).

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Posted in EU2073, Eurofins Laboratories, Food Hygiene, Food Inspections, Food Safety, Food Technology, Food Testing, Hygiene, Microbiology, Pathogen

Changes to EU2073/2005 – Poultry Flocks, Sampling and Salmonella

Posted on November 17, 2011 by | Leave a comment

There have been some changes to the EU2073 regarding poultry sampling and testing for Salmonella. There is extra emphasis on  Salmonella enteritidis and Salmonella typhimurium. Sections 12, 13, 14, 16 and Articles 1, 2 ,3 and the Annexes seem to be most relevant.　

 

 

 

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Posted in EU2073, Food Illness, Food Poisoning, Food Testing, Microbiology, Salmonella