Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 laying down rules on the making available on the market of EU fertilising products and amending Regulations (EC) No 1069/2009 and (EC) No 1107/2009 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 (Text with EEA relevance) (c. 1009)

ANNEX I U.K. Product Function Categories (PFCs) of EU fertilising products

PART II U.K. REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO PFCS

PFC 6(A): MICROBIAL PLANT BIOSTIMULANT U.K.

1. A microbial plant biostimulant shall consist of a micro-organism or a consortium of micro-organisms referred to in CMC 7 in Part II of Annex II. U.K.

2. Pathogens in a microbial plant biostimulant must not exceed the limits set out in the following table: U.K.

Micro-organisms/their toxins, metabolites	Sampling plans		Limit
	n	c
Salmonella spp.	5	0	Absence in 25 g or 25 ml
Escherichia coli	5	0	Absence in 1 g or 1 ml
Listeria monocytogenes	5	0	Absence in 25 g or 25 ml
Vibrio spp.	5	0	Absence in 25 g or 25 ml
Shigella spp.	5	0	Absence in 25 g or 25 ml
Staphylococcus aureus	5	0	Absence in 25 g or 25 ml
Enterococcaceae	5	2	10 CFU/g
Anaerobic plate count unless the microbial plant biostimulant is an aerobic bacterium	5	2	105 CFU/g or ml
Yeast and mould count unless the microbial plant biostimulant is a fungus	5	2	1 000 CFU/g or ml

Where:

n

=

number of units comprising the sample,

c

=

number of sample units giving values over the defined limit.

3. When the microbial plant biostimulant is in liquid form, the plant biostimulant shall have a pH optimal for contained micro-organisms and for plants. U.K.