Food Safety Standards




31 JULY 2014

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 82

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6
Food Microorganism n c m M
Raw milk unripened cheeses Campylobacter 5 0 not detected in 25 g
(moisture content > 50%
with pH > 5.0)
Dried milk Salmonella 5 0 not detected in 25 g
Unpasteurised milk Campylobacter 5 0 not detected in 25 mL
for retail sale Coliforms 5 1 10² /mL 10³ /mL
Escherichia coli 5 1 3 /mL 9 /mL
Salmonella 5 0 not detected in 25 mL
SPC 5 1 2.5×10⁴ /mL 2.5×10⁵ /mL
Packaged cooked Coagulase-positive staphylococci 5 1 10² /g 10³ /g
cured/salted meat Salmonella 5 0 not detected in 25 g
Packaged heat Salmonella 5 0 not detected in 25 g
treated meat paste
and packaged heat
treated pâté
All comminuted Coagulase-positive staphylococci 5 1 10³ /g 10⁴ /g
fermented meat Escherichia coli 5 1 3.6 /g 9.2 /g
which has not been Salmonella 5 0 not detected in 25 g
cooked during the
production process
Cooked crustacea Coagulase-positive staphylococci 5 2 10² /g 10³ /g
Salmonella 5 0 not detected in 25 g
SPC 5 2 10⁵ /g 10⁶ /g
Raw crustacea Coagulase-positive staphylococci 5 2 10² /g 10³ /g
Salmonella 5 0 not detected in 25 g
SPC 5 2 5×10⁵ /g 5×10⁶ /g
Bivalve molluscs, Escherichia coli 5 1 2.3 /g 7 /g
other than scallops
Ready-to-eat food in Listeria monocytogenes 5 0 10² cfu/g
which growth of Listeria
monocytogenes will
not occur
Ready-to-eat food in Listeria monocytogenes 5 0 not detected in 25 g
which growth of Listeria
monocytogenes can occur
Cereal based foods Coliforms 5 2 less than 3 /g 20 /g
for infants Salmonella 10 0 not detected in 25 g
Powdered infant Bacillus cereus 5 0 10² /g
formula products Coagulase-positive staphylococci 5 1 not detected in 1 g 10 /g
Coliforms 5 2 less than 3 /g 10 /g
Salmonella 10 0 not detected in 25 g
SPC 5 2 10³ /g 10⁴ /g


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25 July 2014
Food Standards, Listeria monocytogenes, Microbiological Limits, Food Safety