Viie katseklaasi ja kolmekordse lahjendusega MPN-testi või mistahes muu sama täpsusastmega mikrobioloogilise testi põhjal peavad molluskid sisaldama vähem kui 300 Coli-laadset bakterit ja vähem kui 230 Escterichia coli 100 grammi liha või vedeliku kohta. 25 grammi molluskite liha peab olema Salmonella-vaba.
The location and the boundaries of production areas must be fixed by the competent authority in such a way as to identify the areas from which live bivalve molluscs: ...(b) can be collected but only placed on the market for human consumption after treatment in a purification centre, after relaying. Live bivalve molluscs from these areas must not exceed the limits of a five-tube, three-dilution MPN-test of 6000 faecal coliforms per 100 g of flesh or 4600 E.Coli per 100 g of flesh in 90% of samples.
