GB 29921-2021National food safety standard - Limit of pathogen in prepackaged foods (English PDF)
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Issued by
National Health Commission; State Administration for Market Regulation
Level / Type
National · Mandatory
Issue date
August 4, 2021
Implementation date
November 22, 2021
Scope
GB 29921-2021 (National food safety standard - Limit of pathogen in prepackaged foods) is available as an English-translated PDF.
GB 29921-2021 — This Standard specifies the indicators of pathogen in prepackaged foods and their limit requirements and inspection methods. This Standard applies to prepackaged foods in the categories in Table 1, and does not apply to foods, packaged drinking water, and drinking natural mineral water that are subject to commercial aseptic requirements.
Document preview — GB 29921-2021
National Standard of the People's Republic of China
Issued by: National Health Commission; State Administration for Market Regulation
Contents
- Foreword...3
- 1 Scope...4
- 2 Principles of application...4
- 3 Indicator requirements...4
- Appendix A Description of food category (name)...8
Foreword
This Standard replaces GB 29921-2013 "National Food Safety Standard - Limit
of Pathogen in Foods".
Compared with GB 29921-2013, the major changes of this Standard are as
follows.
-- Modify the standard's name;
-- Revise the description of "Scope";
-- Revise the description of "Principles of application";
-- Add requirements for limit of pathogen in dairy products and foods for
special dietary;
-- Modify part of the content in "Table 1 - Standard for limit of pathogen in
prepackaged foods";
-- Add "Appendix A Description of food category (name)".
National food safety standard - Limit of pathogen in
prepackaged foods
1 Scope
This Standard specifies the indicators of pathogen in prepackaged foods and
their limit requirements and inspection methods.
This Standard applies to prepackaged foods in the categories in Table 1, and
does not apply to foods, packaged drinking water, and drinking natural mineral
water that are subject to commercial aseptic requirements.
2 Principles of application
2.1 Regardless of whether the limit of pathogen is specified or not, food
producers, processors, and operators shall take control measures to reduce the
level of pathogen in food and the possibility of causing risks as much as
possible.
2.2 The collection and processing of samples shall be implemented in
accordance with GB 4789.1.
2.3 The sampling plan and inspection method shall be implemented in
accordance with Table 1.n is the number of samples that shall be collected for
the same batch of products; c is the maximum allowable number of samples
that exceed the value of m;
2.4 Appendix A is used to define the food categories to which the limit of
pathogen is applicable.
3 Indicator requirements
See Table 1 for the limit of pathogen in prepackaged foods.
Appendix A
Description of food category (name)
See Table A.1 for the description of food category (name).
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