It is not exactly zero tolerance for USA/Canada in seafood products in
general but in ready to eat fishery products. Please refer to the attached
FDA&EPA Guidance Levels Table #A-3 from Seafood HACCP.
Table A-3
FDA & EPA Guidance Levels
PRODUCT GUIDELINE/ TOLERANCE
REFERENCE
Ready to eat fishery products (minimal cooking by consumer) Enterotoxigenic
Escherichia coli (ETEC) - 1 x 103 ETEC/g, LT or ST positive.
Compliance Program 7303.842
Ready to eat fishery products (minimal cooking by consumer) Listeria
monocytogenes -presence of organism.
Compliance Program 7303.842
Regards,
Andrew Strak
----- Original Message -----
From: Dipak,Chaudhari <Dipak.Chaudhari@unilever.com>
To: <oskar@hafro.is>; <seafood@ucdavis.edu>
Sent: Friday, March 03, 2000 12:22 AM
Subject: RE: Tolerance for L. monocytogenes
> Dear Oskar,
> There is no mention of Listeria limit anywhere in EU countries but it is
> generally accepted as "absent"
> Regards Dipak
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-seafood@ucdavis.edu [mailto:owner-seafood@ucdavis.edu] On
Behalf
> Of Oskar Skulason
> Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2000 3:45 PM
> To: seafood@ucdavis.edu
> Subject: Tolerance for L. monocytogenes
>
> Does anyone have any information about the tolerance level for Listeria
> monocytogenes in the EU-countries?
>
> It is different between countries and I think it is interesting to compare
> the differences within EU and the zero tolerance level in the U.S.
> Kveðja / Best regards
> Óskar Skúlason
> -------------------------------------------------
> Fiskistofa - Gæðastjórnunarsvið
> Directorate of Fisheries - Quality Division
> Ingólfsstræti 1
> 150 Reykjavík
> Tel (354) 569 7900, fax (354) 569 7950
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>
>
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