Notes:
1. The analysis of all fish or fishery products shall be conducted in accordance with approved methods
2. m - number of bacteria per gram separating acceptable from marginally acceptable samples, c - number of samples that may exceed this number of bacteria per gram, M - no sample can exceed this number of bacteria per gram
3. For further guidance on the determination of a product category, see Figure 1 of this appendix: Decision Tree -
Determination of the ready-to-eat (RTE) product category that a fish product falls under in accordance with the 2010 Health Canada (HC) Listeria Policy.
4. See HC’s guide on "Listeria monocytogenes Challenge Testing of Ready-to-Eat Refrigerated Foods" for information on challenge testing as part of validation at: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/legislation/pol/listeria_monocytogenes-eng.php
5. Counts between 5 and 100 CFU/g can be an indication of a possible loss of control and should prompt the processor to verify and/or re-evaluate their process controls.
6. Or any other method published in Health Canada's Compendium of Analytical Methods for Listeria monocytogenes in which the "application" section is appropriate for the intended purpose (e.g., MFHPB-methods and MFLP-methods). The compendium is available at the following internet address: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/res-rech/analy-meth/microbio/index-eng.php
* Health Canada's "Policy on Listeria monocytogenese in Ready-to-Eat Foods" will be referred to as the "HC Listeria Policy