ISO 4831:2006

Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the detection and enumeration of coliforms — Most probable number technique

Publication date:   Aug 14, 2006

General information

90.93 Standard confirmed   May 20, 2021

ISO

ISO/TC 34/SC 9 Microbiology

International Standard

07.100.30   Food microbiology

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Scope

ISO 4831:2006 gives general guidelines for the detection and the enumeration of coliforms. It is applicable to products intended for human consumption and for the feeding of animals, and to environmental samples in the area of food production and food handling.
Enumeration is carried out by calculation of the most probable number (MPN) after incubation in a liquid medium at 30 °C or 37 °C.
This enumeration method is applicable when the number sought is expected to be in the range 1 to 100 per millilitre or per gram of test sample.

Life cycle

PREVIOUSLY

WITHDRAWN
ISO 3811:1979

WITHDRAWN
ISO 4831:1991

WITHDRAWN
ISO 5541-2:1986

NOW

PUBLISHED
ISO 4831:2006
90.93 Standard confirmed
May 20, 2021