Hanoi-Vietnam: Regulations on maximum bacterial count in raw milk

16:49, 11/07/2024

The Vietnam Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development issued Circular 29/2017/TT-BNNPTNT regarding the national technical regulation for raw milk.

According to Circular 29, the maximum bacterial count in raw milk in Vietnam is regulated as follows:

No.	Indicator	Maximum permissible limit CFU/ml				Indicator category
No.	Indicator	n	c	m	M
1.	Total aerobic plate count at 30 °C	3 x 10⁶				A
2.	Staphylococcus aureus bacteria count	5	2	500	2 000	A
*Notes:* - n: Number of sample units to be taken from a given lot. - c: Maximum number of sample units yielding results between m and M, unsatisfactory if total number of sample units yielding results between m and M exceed c. - m: Limit below which all results are considered satisfactory and beyond which the results are considered satisfactory or unsatisfactory. - M: Maximum limit which no samples are allowed to exceed. - Category A: tests are required for assessment of conformity.

Maximum limits of heavy metals may be found in Circular 29/2017/TT-BNNPTNT effective from July 1, 2018.

- Thanh Lam -

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