NEN-ISO 4832
Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the enumeration of coliforms - Colony-count technique
| Organization: | NEN |
| Publication Date: | 1 March 2006 |
| Status: | active |
| Page Count: | 14 |
| ICS Code (Food microbiology): | 07.100.30 |
scope:
This International Standard 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 permillilitre or per gram of the test sample.
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