Thank you very much for the files! certainly could be helpful (especially in this case when the EU standards do not say much about the topic)
Hi netakm,
The fact is that the EC tends to focus (but not 100% exclusively) on pathogens (= safety = HACCP).
TPC, and particularly Coliforms, generic E.coli are mostly regarded as hygiene indicators. The last named is quantitated in the EC reg along with, from memory, Enterobacteriaceae.
Individual countries tend to go their own way with respect to limits. There are detailed compilations attached on this forum for RTE foods in UK, France for example. And an older compilation across a quite wide range issued by ICMSF which focuses on Europe. The huge ICMSF volume Microorganisms in Foods vol 6 also, I think, focuses on Europe/pathogens.
Basically, a lot of Euro/Scandinavian-data for yr micro. parameters probably does exist but unfortunately very little is compiled in one place. A lot of it is also not on-line.