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Horizontal methods in the field of microbiological analysis of the food chain from primary production stage to food and animal feed products, including the environment of food production and handling

ISO/TC 34/SC 9
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Sustainable Development Goals

This committee contributes with 9 standards to the following Sustainable Development Goals:

2
Zero Hunger
3
Good Health and Well-being
9
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
12
Responsible Consumption and Production
94

published ISO standards *

21

ISO standards under development *

40
Participating members
26
Observing members

* number includes updates

Reference Title Type
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 2   Statistics Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 3   Method validation Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 5   Food microbiology - Culture media (JWG between ISO/TC 34/SC 9 and ISO/TC 147/SC 4) Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 6   Food-borne parasites Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 7   General requirements and guidance for microbiological examinations Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 8   Preparation of test samples, initial suspension and decimal dilutions Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 9   Detection of Salmonella Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 10   Typing of Salmonella Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 11   Food and feed cultures Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 12   Alicyclobacillus Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 13   Coagulase positive staphylococci Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 16   Yeasts and moulds Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 18   Detection and enumeration of Escherichia coli Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 19   Guidelines for conducting challenge tests Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 20 Enumeration and confirmation of Bacillus cereus group bacteria Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 21   Enumeration of Enterococci Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 23   Sulfite reducing clostridia and C. perfringens Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 26   Detection of Clostridium botulinum toxins Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 27   Vibrios Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 28   Enumeration of micro-organisms at 30 degrees C Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 29   Enumeration of spores Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 30   Qualitative determination of staphylococcal enterotoxins Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 31   Hepatitis E Virus Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 32   Improvement of pre-enrichment step in ISO 11290-1 Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 33   Detection of Cronobacter Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 34   Enterobacteriaceae Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 35   Sampling techniques Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 36   General requirements relating to LAMP-based methods Working group
Liaison Committees to ISO/TC 34/SC 9

The committees below can access the documents of ISO/TC 34/SC 9:

Reference Title ISO/IEC
ISO/TC 34/SC 5 Milk and milk products ISO
ISO/TC 34/SC 6 Meat, poultry, fish, eggs and their products ISO
ISO/TC 34/SC 16 Horizontal methods for molecular biomarker analysis ISO
ISO/TC 69/SC 6 Measurement methods and results ISO
ISO/TC 93 Starch (including derivatives and by-products) ISO
ISO/TC 147/SC 4 Microbiological methods ISO
ISO/TC 209 Cleanrooms and associated controlled environments ISO
ISO/TC 212 Clinical laboratory testing and in vitro diagnostic test systems ISO
ISO/TC 217 Cosmetics ISO
ISO/TC 276 Biotechnology ISO

 

Liaison Committees from ISO/TC 34/SC 9

ISO/TC 34/SC 9 can access the documents of the committees below:

Reference Title ISO/IEC
ISO/TC 34/SC 5 Milk and milk products ISO
ISO/TC 34/SC 6 Meat, poultry, fish, eggs and their products ISO
ISO/TC 34/SC 16 Horizontal methods for molecular biomarker analysis ISO
ISO/TC 69/SC 6 Measurement methods and results ISO
ISO/TC 147/SC 4 Microbiological methods ISO
ISO/TC 212 Clinical laboratory testing and in vitro diagnostic test systems ISO
ISO/TC 215/SC 1 Genomics Informatics ISO
ISO/TC 217 Cosmetics ISO
ISO/TC 276 Biotechnology ISO
ISO/TC 334 Reference materials ISO

 

Organizations in liaison (Category A and B)
Acronym Title Category
AOAC INTERNATIONAL AOAC INTERNATIONAL, Association of Analytical Communities A
AOCS American Oil Chemists' Society A
CAC Codex Alimentarius Commission A
EC - European Commission European Commission A
ICC - cereals International Association for Cereal Science and Technology A
ICMSF International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods of the IUMS A
ICUMSA International Commission for Uniform Methods of Sugar Analysis A
IDF International Dairy Federation A
IFU International Federation of Fruit Juice Producers - IFU A
IPA Probiotics International Probiotics Association A
IUMS International Union of Microbiological Societies A
NMKL Nordic-Baltic Committee on Food Analysis A
OIE World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) A
WHO World Health Organization A

Date Month Location TC/SC Note
27-30 June 2023 Norrmalm (Sweden) ISO/TC 34/SC 9  

* Information definite but meeting not yet formally convened
** Provisional

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