Microbiology of the Food Chain standards package

Standards package "Microbiology of the Food Chain" Microbiology of the Food Chain standards package

Scope

The standards package includes the following standards and standardization documents in English:
- BDS EN ISO 7218:2024 Microbiology of the food chain - General requirements and guidance for microbiological examinations (ISO 7218:2024)
- BDS EN ISO 15213-1:2023 Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the detection and enumeration of Clostridium spp. - Part 1: Enumeration of sulfite-reducing Clostridium spp. by colony-count technique (ISO 15213-1:2023)
- BDS EN ISO 15213-2:2024 Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the detection and enumeration of Clostridium spp. - Part 2: Enumeration of Clostridium perfringens by colony-count technique (ISO 15213-2:2023)
- SD CEN ISO/TS 15213-3:2024 Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the detection and enumeration of Clostridium spp. - Part 3: Detection of Clostridium perfringens (ISO/TS 15213-3:2024)
- BDS EN ISO 16140-3:2021 Microbiology of the food chain - Method validation - Part 3: Protocol for the verification of reference methods and validated alternative methods in a single laboratory (ISO 16140-3:2021)
- BDS EN ISO 16140-3:2021/A1:2025 Microbiology of the food chain - Method validation - Part 3: Protocol for the verification of reference methods and validated alternative methods in a single laboratory - Amendment 1: Protocol for verification of validated identification methods of microorganisms (ISO 16140-3:2021/Amd 1:2025)
- BDS EN ISO 16140-4:2020 Microbiology of the food chain - Method validation - Part 4: Protocol for method validation in a single laboratory (ISO 16140-4:2020)
- BDS EN ISO 16140-4:2020/A1:2024 Microbiology of the food chain - Method validation - Part 4: Protocol for method validation in a single laboratory - Amendment 1: Validation of a larger test portion size for qualitative methods (ISO 16140-4:2020/Amd 1:2024)
- BDS EN ISO 16140-4:2020/A2:2025 Microbiology of the food chain - Method validation - Part 4: Protocol for method validation in a single laboratory - Amendment 2: Protocol for single-laboratory validation of identification methods of microorganisms (ISO 16140-4:2020/Amd 2:2025)
- BDS EN ISO 16140-7:2025 Microbiology of the food chain - Method validation - Part 7: Protocol for the validation of identification methods of microorganisms (ISO 16140-7:2024)