ISO 15213-1:2023

Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection and enumeration of Clostridium spp. — Part 1: Enumeration of sulfite-reducing Clostridium spp. by colony-count technique

This document specifies the enumeration of sulfite-reducing Clostridium spp. by the colony-count technique.

This document is applicable to:

—    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.

NOTE      This method has been validated in an interlaboratory study for the following food categories:

—    ready-to-eat, ready-to-reheat meat products;

—    eggs and egg products (derivates);

—    processed fruits and vegetables;

—    infant formula and infant cereals;

—    multi-component foods or meal components.

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