10.3 Cooked bacon/gammon

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Bacon & Gammon / Microbiological standards

Cooked bacon/gammon shall be tested weekly in accordance with a documented sampling schedule to demonstrate compliance with the following microbiological targets:

Test	Target	Unacceptable
ACC	<100cfu/g	>1000cfu/g
Salmonella	Absent in 25g	Present in 25g
Listeria spp*	Absent in 25g	Present in 25g
Staph Aureus	<20 cfu/g	>100cfu/g

* Where a positive test for Listeria spp. is reported, a test for the presence and enumeration of Listeria Monocytogenes shall be undertaken to demonstrate that the count at end of life is <100cfu/g