E. coli monitoring data in bivalve shellfish covering England and Wales

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• Last updated: 10 September 2024
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Summary

Monitoring of bivalve flesh for the statutory faecal indicator E.coli is a requirement under retained EU Regulation 2019/627 to allow the classification of bivalve mollusc harvesting areas according to their faecal pollution status. Classification categories (A, B or C) are assigned on the basis of the data according to the regulatory requirements and the Food standards Agency protocol published here: Shellfish classification | Food Standards Agency_

The classification categories determine the level of shellfish processing required prior to human consumption.

Data is updated on the Cefas results webpage every 24 hours: Shellfish monitoring results - Cefas (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science)_

.. _shellfish classification | food standards agency: https://www.food.gov.uk/business-guidance/shellfish-classification

.. _shellfish monitoring results - cefas (centre for environment, fisheries and aquaculture science): https://www.cefas.co.uk/data-and-publications/shellfish-classification-and-microbiological-monitoring/england-and-wales/shellfish-monitoring-results/

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• Added to data.gov.uk: 2024-04-03
• Access contraints: Not specified
• Harvest GUID: CEFAS8288a8cf-b1d5-4b2b-9eae-2c902be56879
• Extent: Latitude: 52.4595° to 52.4581°
• Extent: Longitude: 1.73881° to 1.74086°
• Dataset reference date: 2024-03-21 (publication)
• Dataset reference date: 2024-04-03 (revision)
• Dataset reference date: 2024-03-21 (creation)
• Frequency of update: notPlanned
• Responsible party: Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) (originator, custodian, distributor); Food Standards Agency (UK) (owner)
• ISO 19139 resource type: dataset
• Metadata language: eng
• Source Metadata: XML
• Source Metadata: HTML

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