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Table 4.

Criteria for the interpretation of microbiology results

	Satisfactory	Borderline	Unsatisfactory	Unsatisfactory: potentially injurious to health
Bacterial pathogens
Campylobacter in 25 g^a	Not detected	N/A	N/A	Detected
CPS/g^a	<20	20 to ⩽10⁴	N/A	⩾10⁴
E. coli O157, or any STEC in 25 g	Not detected	N/A	N/A	Detected
L. monocytogenes/g^a	<20	20 to ⩽100	N/A	>100^b
Salmonella in 25 g^a	Not detected	N/A	N/A	Detected
Indicator organisms
ACC^c	<2 × 10⁴	N/A	⩾2 × 10⁴	N/A
Enterobacteriaceae	<10²	10² to ⩽10⁴	>10⁴	N/A
E. coli/g^a	<20	20 to ⩽100	>100	N/A
Coliforms	<100	N/A	⩾100	N/A
Listeria species (not L. monocytogenes)/g^a	<20	20 to <100	⩾100	N/A

N/A, not applicable; STEC, Shiga toxin-producing E. coli; CPS, coagulase positive staphylococci.

Results for milk will be in 25 ml and cfu/ml.

HPA, 2009 [23].

European Commission, 2005 [13].

Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013, applicable to raw drinking milk only.