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DIN Standards Committee Food and Agricultural Products

About NAL

The DIN Standards Committee Food and Agricultural Products is the body responsible for standardization in the food sector and the agricultural sector. The NAL develops standards on the following topics:

  • Sampling and testing of food, feed, cosmetics and tobacco products;
  • Food hygiene requirements for equipment and consumer goods and for the hygienic handling of food and food safety management systems;
  • disinfectant testing for food and animal husbandry applications;
  • Requirements, sampling and testing methods for fertilisers, soil improvers and growing media, biostimulants for plant application.

The standards developed for the sampling and analysis of food, feed, tobacco and tobacco products have been adopted – after approval by the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) and the working groups installed by the BVL for the implementation of § 64 of the Food and Feed Code (LFGB), of § 38 of the Tobacco Products Act (TobakerzG) and § 28b of the Gene Technology Act (GenTG) - into the Official Collection of Test Procedures according to § 64 of the Food and Feed Code (LFGB), according to § 38 of the Tobacco Products Act (TobakerzG) and according to § 28b of the Gene Technology Act (GenTG). The national standards drawn up for food hygiene and food safety are - after examination and approval by the supreme state authorities - recognised as a guideline for good practice in accordance with Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 and transmitted to the European Commission.

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DIN e. V.
Matthias Kritzler-Picht

Am DIN-Platz
Burggrafenstraße 6
10787 Berlin

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New projects
Document number Begin Title
DIN EN ISO 16140-3/A1 2024-03-14 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: Verification of validated identification methods More  Comment 
ISO/AWI TS 21569-10 2024-03-14 Molecular biomarker analysis - Methods of analysis for the detection of genetically modified organisms and derived products - Part 10: Construct specific detection method for genetically modified AquAdvantage salmon More  Comment 
ISO/AWI TS 24910-2 2024-03-13 Molecular biomarker analysis - Detection of plant-derived materials in food by real-time PCR - Part 2: Hazelnut DNA detection method More  Comment 

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Current Draft Standards
Document number Edition Title
DIN EN ISO 18363-3 2024-05 Animal and vegetable fats and oils - Determination of fatty-acid-bound chloropropanediols (MCPDs) and glycidol by GC/MS - Part 3: Method using acid transesterification and measurement for 2-MCPD, 3-MCPD and glycidol (ISO/FDIS 18363-3:2024); German and English version prEN ISO 18363-3:2024 More 
DIN EN ISO 22000/A1 2024-05 Food safety management systems - Requirements for any organization in the food chain - Amendment 1: Climate action changes (ISO 22000:2018/Amd.1:2024); German and English version EN ISO 22000:2018/prA1:2024 More 
DIN EN ISO 34101-1/A1 2024-05 Sustainable and traceable cocoa - Part 1: Requirements for cocoa sustainability management systems - Amendment 1: Climate action changes (ISO 34101-1:2019/Amd.1:2024); German and English version EN ISO 34101-1:2020/prA1:2024 More 

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New publications
Document number Edition Procedure Title
DIN EN ISO 15213-2 2024-05 Standard 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); German version EN ISO 15213-2:2023 More  Order from Beuth Verlag
DIN ISO 20716 2024-05 Standard Oolong tea - Definition and basic requirements (ISO 20716:2022) More  Order from Beuth Verlag
DIN ISO 22994 2024-05 Standard Coffee extracts - Determination of the dry matter content of coffee extracts - Sea sand method of liquid or pasty coffee extracts (ISO 22994:2021) More  Order from Beuth Verlag

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Documents withdrawn without replacement
Document number Deadline for comments Title
DIN EN 14185-2 2024-03-31 Non fatty foods - Determination of N-methylcarbamate residues - Part 2: HPLC method with clean-up on a diatomaceous earth column; German version EN 14185-2:2006 More  Comment 

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