Customer Support: 131 242

  • Shopping Cart
    There are no items in your cart
We noticed you’re not on the correct regional site. Switch to our AMERICAS site for the best experience.
Dismiss alert
Celebrate World Standards Day. Save 10% with code WSD2026 until 31 Oct. Save now

BS EN ISO 7218 : 2007

Current

Current

The latest, up-to-date edition.

MICROBIOLOGY OF FOOD AND ANIMAL FEEDING STUFFS - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS AND GUIDANCE FOR MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

01-01-2007

$641.66
Including GST where applicable
Summarise this standard

Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Premises
4 Staff
5 Apparatus and equipment
6 Preparation of glassware and other laboratory materials
7 Preparation and sterilization of culture media
8 Laboratory samples
9 Examination
10 Enumeration
11 Detection method (qualitative method)
12 Confirmatory methods
13 Test report
14 Validation of microbiological methods
15 Quality assurance of results/quality control of
   performance
Annex A (informative) - Properties of some disinfectants
Annex B (informative) - Confidence intervals for
        colony count technique
Annex C (normative) - Determination of most probable number
Annex D (normative) - Counting of colonies
        with two dishes per dilution
Bibliography

Provides general requirements and guidance/options intended for three main uses: - implementation of ISO/TC 34/SC 9 or ISO/TC 34/SC 5 standards for detection or enumeration of microorganisms, named hereafter 'specific standards'; - good laboratory practice for food microbiological laboratories (the purpose is not to detail them in this International Standard, manuals are available for that purpose); - guidance for accreditation of food microbiological laboratories (this International Standard describes the technical requirements according to Annex B of ISO/IEC 17025:2005 for the accreditation of a microbiological laboratory by national organizations).

Committee
AW/9
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes BS 5763-0(1996) and 05/30134004 DC. (03/2008) Supersedes BS 4285-2.1(1984), BS 4285-2.3(1984) and BS 4285-2.6(1984). (06/2009) 2007 Edition Re-Issued in August 2013 & incorporates AMD 1 2013. (09/2013)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
94
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current
Supersedes

$641.66
Including GST where applicable