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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.

How is NAL composed?

Contact

DIN e. V.
Matthias Kritzler-Picht

Am DIN-Platz
Burggrafenstraße 6
10787 Berlin

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New projects
Document number Begin Title Comment
Document number ISO/CD 4720 Begin 2025-07-07 Title Essential oils - Nomenclature More  Comment Comment 
Document number DIN EN ISO 25792 Begin 2025-07-03 Title Microbiology of the food chain - detection of hepatitis E virus in meat, liver, meat products and liver products, using real-time RT-PCR More  Comment Comment 
Document number ISO/DIS 5530-1 Begin 2025-07-03 Title Wheat flour - Physical characteristics of doughs - Part 1: Determination of water absorption and rheological properties using a farinograph More  Comment Comment 

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Current Draft Standards
Document number Edition Title
Document number DIN 11699 Edition 2025-09 Title Cosmetics - Analytical methods - Determination of barium, nickel and other elements in cosmetics and tattoo products by atomic emission spectrometry with inductively coupled plasma (ICP-OES) after pressure digestion More 
Document number DIN 10501-1/A1 Edition 2025-09 Title Food hygiene - Display cabinets - Part 1: Refrigerated display cabinets for frozen and quick frozen foodstuffs as well as icecream - Hygiene requirements, testing; Amendment 1 More 
Document number DIN EN ISO 10399 Edition 2025-09 Title Sensory analysis - Methodology - Duo-trio test (ISO/DIS 10399:2025); German and English version prEN ISO 10399:2025 More 

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New publications
Document number Edition Procedure Title Order from DIN Media
Document number DIN EN 17914 Edition 2025-08 Procedure Standard Title Chemical disinfectants and antiseptics - Quantitative suspension test for the evaluation of virucidal activity in the food, industrial, domestic and institutional area - Test method and requirements (Phase 2/Step 1); German version EN 17914:2025 More  Order from DIN Media Order from DIN Media
Document number DIN EN 17915 Edition 2025-08 Procedure Standard Title Chemical disinfectants and antiseptics - Quantitative non-porous surface test without mechanical action for the evaluation of virucidal activity of chemical disinfectants used in the food, industrial, domestic and institutional area - Test method and requirements (phase 2, step 2); German version EN 17915:2025 More  Order from DIN Media Order from DIN Media
Document number DIN EN 18057 Edition 2025-08 Procedure Standard Title Food authenticity - Quantitation of roe deer DNA relative to mammalian DNA in meat and meat products by real-time PCR; German version EN 18057:2025 More  Order from DIN Media Order from DIN Media

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Documents withdrawn without replacement
Document number Deadline for comments Title
Document number DIN 10507 Deadline for comments 2025-08-31 Title Food hygiene - Production and dispense of cream with cream whipping machines - Hygiene requirements, testing More  Comment 
Document number DIN 10518 Deadline for comments 2025-08-31 Title Food hygiene - Production and dispense of non-prepacked ice cream and soft ice cream to the consumer - Hygiene requirements, testing More  Comment 

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With Standardization Request M/564 and its amendments (M/564 Amd1 and M/564 Amd 2), the European Commission charged the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) to elaborate harmonized ...

With Standardization Request M/564 and its amendments (M/564 Amd1 and M/564 Amd 2), the European Commission charged the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) to elaborate harmonized ...

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