COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) …/… amending Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 as regards Listeria monocytogenes

Ref. Ares(2024)2627325 - 10/04/2024 EUROPEAN COMMISSION COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) …/… of XXX Brussels, XXX SANTE/10580/2021 for feedback (POOL/G5/2021/10580/10580-EN.docx) […](2024) XXX draft amending Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 as regards Listeria monocytogenes (Text with EEA relevance) This draft has not been adopted or endorsed by the European Commission. Any views expressed are the preliminary views of the Commission services and may not in any circumstances be regarded as stating an official position of the Commission. COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) …/… of XXX amending Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 as regards Listeria monocytogenes (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the hygiene of foodstuffs1, and in particular Article 4(4) thereof, Whereas: (1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2073/20052 lays down the microbiological criteria for certain micro-organisms and the implementing rules to be complied with by food business operators in respect of the general and specific hygiene requirements referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 852/2004. (2) In particular, Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 lays down food safety criteria, which define the acceptability of a product, or a batch of foodstuff applicable to products placed on the market. That...