ISO 15213 Microbiology of Food and Animal Feed, Horizontal Method for Enumeration of Sulfite-Reducing Bacteria Growing Under Anaerobic Conditions

EUROLAB, with its state-of-the-art accredited laboratories and expert team, provides precise and fast testing services within the scope of ISO 15213 testing. ISO 15213 specifies a horizontal method for counting sulfide-reducing bacteria growing under anaerobic conditions.

Applies to:

• Products intended for human consumption and animal nutrition;
• Environmental examples in food production and food processing.

Due to the wide variety of food and feed products, this horizontal method may not be suitable in every detail for some products. In this case, different methods specific to these products can be used if absolutely necessary for legitimate technical reasons. However, every attempt will be made to apply this horizontal method as much as possible.

The next time this International standard is reviewed, all available information regarding the extent to which this horizontal method has been followed and the reasons for deviations from this method for certain products will be taken into account.

Harmonization of test methods cannot be immediate and International Standards or national standards may already exist for certain product groups that are not compatible with this horizontal method. When such standards are reviewed, it is hoped that they will be modified to conform to this International Standard so that eventually the only remaining deviations from this horizontal method will be those necessary for well-known technical reasons.

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