The circular economy: building trust through conformity assessment
Standards and conformity assessment provide assurance on aspects of the circular economy including product lifetime and recyclability, safety and efficiency.
Standards for the microbiology of food ensure the safety, quality, and authenticity of food products. They cover detecting microorganisms, analyzing pathogens, validating laboratory methods, and determining chemical and biological markers, helping producers meet global regulatory requirements.
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Improving confidence in laboratory results
The latest in the series of standards for method validation helps labs keep food products safe.
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Testing the nutrients of infant formula: new standard in the ISO series
Nutritional labelling of infant formulas is, unsurprisingly, a heavily regulated area, meaning tight rules around the nutrients they contain. ISO has an industry-recognized series of International Standards for the determination of such nutrients, the latest of which has just been published.
Sample standards
Microbiology of the food chain — General requirements and guidance for microbiological examinations
Microbiology of the food chain — Preparation of test samples, initial suspension and decimal dilutions for microbiological examination
Part 1: General rules for the preparation of the initial suspension and decimal dilutions
Microbiology of food, animal feed and water — Preparation, production, storage and performance testing of culture media
Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection, enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella
Part 4: Identification of monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium (1,4,[5],12:i:-) by polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
Microbiology of the food chain — Method validation
Part 4: Protocol for method validation in a single laboratory
Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the enumeration of coagulase-positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and other species)
Part 1: Method using Baird-Parker agar medium