DIN Standards Committee Food and Agricultural Products
DIN EN ISO 17468
Microbiology of the food chain - Technical requirements and guidance on establishment or revision of a standardized reference method (ISO 17468:2023); German version EN ISO 17468:2023
Mikrobiologie der Lebensmittelkette - Technische Anforderungen und Leitfaden zur Einführung oder Überarbeitung von genormten Referenzverfahren (ISO 17468:2023); Deutsche Fassung EN ISO 17468:2023
Overview
This document gives technical requirements and guidance on the establishment or revision of standardized reference methods used for the analysis of microorganisms in: - products intended for human consumption; - products for feeding animals; - environmental samples in the area of food and feed production and handling; - samples from the primary production stage. This document specifies the technical stages of the establishment of a new standardized reference method and of the revision of an existing standardized reference method. It includes, in particular, requirements and guidance on the validation of the selected method. The responsible national standardization committee is Working Committee NA 057-01-12 AA "Validierung mikrobiologischer Verfahren" ("Validation of microbiological methods") at DIN Standards Committee Food and Agricultural Products (NAL).
Document: references other documents
Responsible national committee
NA 057-01-06 AA - Microbiology of the food chain
Responsible european committee
CEN/TC 463 - Microbiology of the food chain
