1 ANNEX C

2 FDA HEALTH PRODUCTS FOR MICROBIOLOGICAL TESTING

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5 The scope of accreditation in the field of Microbiological Testing of health products is
6 described by the following categories/products:
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8 I. Foods
9 01.0 Milk and Dairy products
10 01.1 Milk powder
11 01.2 Sweetened condensed milk/Creamer
12 01.3 Liquid milk (evaporated or ready to drink) and cream (UHT/sterilized)
13 01.4 Pasteurized milk
14 01.5 Pasteurized cream
15 01.6 Yogurt and other fermented milk
16 01.7 Heat treated fermented milks
17 01.8 Processed cheese spread
18 01.9 Soft cheese
19 01.10 Hard and semi-hard cheese
20 01.11 All raw milk cheese; raw milk unripened cheese with moisture > 50%, pH >
21 5.0
22 01.12 Cream cheese products
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24 02.0 Fats and oils, and fat emulsions
25 02.1 Butter (whipped, pasteurized)
26 02.2 Butter made from unpasteurized milk or milk products
27 02.3 Margarine
28 02.4 Virgin coconut oil
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30 03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet
31 03.1 Ice cream and sherbet (plain and flavoured)
32 03.2 Ice cream with added ingredient (nuts, fruits, cocoa etc.)
33 03.3 Flavoured ice (e.g. Ice candy)
34 03.4 Ice Products (pre-packaged tubed and cubed ice)
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36 04.0 Confectioneries
37 04.1 Cocoa powder
38 04.2 Chocolate products
39 04.3 Chocolate confectioneries (chocolate bars, blocks and bonbon)
40 04.4 Sugar confectioneries (hard and soft candies, toffees, caramel, fondants, creams,
41 nougats and pastes)
42 04.5 Ethnic milk-based confectionaries (pastillas and yema)
43 04.6 Ethnic flour-based confectionaries (polvoron, piaya and barquillos)
44 04.7 Coconut sap sugar
45 04.8 Dry, granulated sugar
46 04.9 Liquid sugar (sugar syrup)

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 1 04.10 Non-nutritive sweeteners (e.g. aspartame, sucralose) and bulk sweeteners (e.g.
2 polysols)
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4 05.0 Fruits and vegetables, nuts and seeds
5 05.1 Frozen vegetables and fruits
6 05.2 Fresh fruits and vegetables (sliced and in salad) for fresh consumption
7 05.3 Fermented vegetables, Ready to Eat (e.g. Kimchi)
8 05.4 Dried vegetables
9 05.5 Fruits and vegetable products in hermetically sealed container (thermally
10 processed)
11 05.6 Coconut (desiccated)
12 05.7 Peanut Butter & other Nut Butters
13 05.8 Sun dried fruit
14 05.9 Dried fruits
15 05.10 Ethnic fruit products – sweet preserves in syrup (e.g. Kaong, Langka, Banana,
16 legumes, chickpeas, red beans, white kidney beans, Coconut, Nata de Coco,
17 Mixed Preserves (halo-halo)
18 05.11 Purple Yam (Ube) Jam (Halaya)
19 05.12 Malunggay (Moringga) powder
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21 06.0 Egg and egg products
22 06.1 Pasteurized egg products (liquid, frozen or dried)
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24 07.0 Cereals and cereal products
25 07.1 Breakfast cereals
26 07.2 Cereal/cereal grains
27 07.3 Cultured seeds and grains (sprouted seeds)
28 07.4 Soya flours concentrates and isolates
29 07.5 Flour, corn meal, corn grits, semolina
30 07.6 Dry mixes (e.g. pancake mix, purple yam mix)
31 07.7 Frozen entrees containing rice or corn flour as main ingredient
32 07.8 Soy protein
33 07.9 Tofu
34 07.10 Pasta products and noodles Uncooked (wet and dry)
35 07.11 Starch
36 07.12 Coconut flour
37 07.13 Instant noodle (noodle cake)
38 07.14 Instant noodle (mixed with seasoning)
39 07.15 Rice-based desserts (rice cakes), ready to eat ((e.g. kakanin, suman, korean
40 style, layered, moulded, rice balls or mochi)
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42 08.0 Bakery Products
43 08.1 Frozen bakery products (ready to eat) with low acid or high aw fillings or
44 toppings
45 08.2 Frozen bakery products (to be cooked) with low acid or high aw fillings or
46 toppings (e.g. meat pies and pizzas)

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 1 08.3 Frozen and refrigerated dough
2 08.4 Baked goods (e.g. breads, cakes, pie shells, pastries and fried doughs)
3 08.5 Coated or filled, dried shelf-stable biscuits
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5 09.0 Ready-to-eat savouries
6 09.1 Snacks foods
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8 10.0 Meat and meat products
9 10.1 Dried animal products
10 10.2 Meat paste and pate’ (heat treated)
11 10.3 Cold cuts, frozen and chilled hotdogs, corned beef, luncheon meat
12 10.4 Packaged cooked cured/salted meat (ham, bacon)
13 10.5 Fermented, comminuted meat, not cooked (dry and semi-dry fermented
14 sausages)
15 10.6 Cooked poultry meat, frozen to be re-heated before eating (e.g. prepared frozen
16 meals)
17 10.7 Cured/smoked poultry meat
18 10.8 Dehydrated poultry products
19 10.9 Fresh/frozen raw chicken (during processing)
20 10.10 Meat products in hermetically sealed containers
21 10.11 Marinated meat products
22 10.12 Minced meat and meat preparations made from poultry meat intended to be
23 eaten cooked
24 10.13 Minced meat and meat preparations made from species other than poultry
25 intended to be eaten cooked
26 10.14 Foods cooked immediately prior to sale or consumption
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28 11.0 Fish and fish products
29 11.1 Frozen fish and cold-smoked (packed and labelled)
30 11.2 Pre-cooked breaded and fish
31 11.3 Frozen raw crustaceans (packed and labelled)
32 11.4 Frozen cooked crustaceans
33 11.5 Cooked crustaceans
34 11.6 Cooked, chilled and frozen crabmeat
35 11.7 Fresh and frozen bivalve molluscs
36 11.8 Fish and shellfish products, cooked crustaceans in hermetically sealed containers
37 11.9 Ethnic food products – dried, salted fish
38 11.10 Smoked fish
39 11.11 Salt fermented fish and shrimps (bagoong)
40 11.12 Thermally processed fish products
41 11.13 Aquatic products (Products made from fish, crustaceans, molluscs,
42 invertebrates, echinoderms and other aquatic organisms that have
43 undergone heat treatment (steamed, cooked, baked, deep fried, etc.),
44 suitable for direct consumption.
45 11.14 Fish and crustacean-based processed meat (e.g. fish ball, squid ball)
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 1 12.0 Spices, soups, sauces, salads and protein products
2 12.1 Dry mixes for soup and sauces
3 12.2 Yeast
4 12.3 Spices
5 12.4 Spices (ready to eat)
6 12.5 Food grade gelatin
7 12.6 Emulsified sauce pH ≤ 4.6
8 12.7 Instant noodles seasoning
9 12.8 Ready to eat flavourings/instant condiments
10 12.9 Aquatic dressing
11 12.10 Salads and sandwich spreads (excluding cocoa milk-based sandwich spreads)
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13 13.0 Beverages
14 13.1 Non-alcoholic beverages (e.g. Ready to drink soft drinks, iced tea, energy
15 drinks)
16 13.2 Frozen juice concentrate
17 13.3 Juices in hermetically sealed containers (e.g tetra pack, foil pack, canned, etc.)
18 13.4 Powdered beverages (e.g. iced tea, powdered juices/mixes)
19 13.5 Fruit beverage products
20 13.6 Bottled water (purified/distilled water/mineral)
21 13.7 Chilled young coconut water (buko juice)
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23 14.0 Food for infants and young children
24 14.1 Powdered infant formula with or without added lactic acid producing cultures
25 (intended for 0 to 6 months old)
26 14.2 Follow up formula /milk supplement (intended for infants 6 months on and for
27 young children 12-36 months of age)
28 14.3 Formula for special medical purposes of young children
29 14.4 Infant formula- liquid (UHT/Sterilized)
30 14.5 Baby foods in hermetically sealed containers
31 14.6 Dried and instant products requiring reconstitution
32 14.7 Dried products requiring reconstitution and boiling before consumption
33 14.8 Cereal based foods for infants
34 14.9 Ready-to-use therapeutic foods (RUTF) and ready-to-use supplementary
35 foods (RUSF), 6-59 months of age
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37 II. Drugs and Pharmaceuticals
38 1.0 Drugs
39 2.0 Herbal Products
40 3.0 Medicinal preparations
41 4.0 Parenteral solutions and fluids
42 5.0 Vitamins
43 6.0 Antibiotics
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45 III. Cosmetics, Perfumes, Hygiene Products and Household Hazardous
46 1.0 Cosmetics

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 1 2.0 Perfumes
2 3.0 Hygiene products
3 4.0 Detergents and other products
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6 Reference:
7 1. FDA Circular 2013-010, Revised Guidelines for the Assessment of Microbiological Quality of
8 Processed Foods
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