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The FCD (Fédération du Commerce et de la Distribution) has published its new specifications for 2025:
Microbiological criteria applicable to distributor brands, first-price brands and raw materials in their initial industrial packaging
This version 2025 includes the following new features:
- In point 4, addition of standard NF EN ISO 15213-2 for clostridium perfringens and indication that standard NF EN ISO 7937 can be used until 31/12/2025.
- A new point 7 has been added: pH and aw values for products handled in shops. These values must be supplied to retailers to define secondary shelf lives and categorise the product in accordance with regulation (EC) no. 2073/2005.
- The title of the MP/MDD LS criterion has been changed to DLC/DLUO Distribution(D). The DDM has replaced the DLUO.
- The comment on listeria monocytogenes has been amended. The residual shelf life has been changed to shelf life (BBD or DDM) for categories 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.12, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8, 6.1, 6.2, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.10, 6.11, 6.12, 6.13, 6.15, 6.16, 7.1, 7.2, 7.5, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.6, 9.7, 9.9, 9.11, 10.8 and 11.9.
- The 1,000 and 10,000 CFU/g enterobacteria criterion has been replaced by the 500 CFU/g E.coli criterion for prepared meat categories 10.5, 10.6 and 10.7.
- A clarification has been made for categories 2.7 and 2.8. They have been split, taking into account whether or not the products have been heat-treated. The applicable criteria are different for aerobic flora at 30°C, yeasts and moulds and E.coli.
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