A retail prevalence study to investigate microbiological contamination levels in ready-to-eat (RTE) plant-based dairy and meat substitutes: dataset

This dataset and country reports are associated with the microbiological prevalence survey "A retail prevalence study to investigate microbiological contamination levels in ready-to-eat (RTE) plant-based dairy and meat substitutes", which was conducted in collaboration with 15 Member States and was funded by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Focal Point Tailor-made Activities (TMA). This comprehensive report investigates the microbiological contamination of RTE plant-based dairy, meat and fish substitutes, reflecting the growing market and consumer interest in alternative protein sources. The final dataset is provided as an excel file that contains 15 worksheets for each of the countries involved. Also country reports are provided in pdf format.