ISO 4832:2006

Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the enumeration of coliforms — Colony-count technique

Publication date:   Feb 16, 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 4832:2006 gives general guidelines for the enumeration of coliforms. It is applicable to products intended for human consumption and for the feeding of animals, and environmental samples in the area of food production and food handling, by means of the technique of counting colonies after incubation on a solid medium at 30 °C or at 37 °C.
This technique is recommended when the number of colonies sought is expected to be more than 100 per millilitre or per gram of the test sample.

Life cycle

PREVIOUSLY

WITHDRAWN
ISO 3811:1979

WITHDRAWN
ISO 4832:1991

WITHDRAWN
ISO 5541-1:1986

NOW

PUBLISHED
ISO 4832:2006
90.93 Standard confirmed
May 20, 2021