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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

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Sustainable Development Goals

This committee contributes with 13 standards to the following Sustainable Development Goals:

2
Zero Hunger
3
Good Health and Well-being
6
Clean Water and Sanitation
9
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
12
Responsible Consumption and Production
100

Published ISO standards *

15

ISO standards under development *

43
Participating members
25
Observing members

* number includes updates

Reference Title Type
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/AHG 1   Guidance document for drafting ISO/CEN standards Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/AHG 2   SC9 Public website Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/AHG 3   Validation status of ISO standards Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/AHG 4   Collaboration on interlaboratory studies for standardized reference methods Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/AHG 5   Brainstorming on antimicrobial resistance Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/AHG 6   Commercial sterility testing Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/AHG 7   Quality control of the colony count technique Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/AHG 8   Enumeration of Pseudomonas spp. Working group
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 microbial 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   Vibrio spp. 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   Detection of staphylococcal enterotoxins Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 31   Hepatitis E Virus Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 32   Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria spp. 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
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 37   General requirements relating to PCR methods Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 38   Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC) 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 Medical laboratories and in vitro diagnostic 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 Medical laboratories and in vitro diagnostic systems ISO
ISO/TC 215/SC 1 Genomics Informatics ISO
ISO/TC 217 Cosmetics ISO
ISO/TC 276 Biotechnology ISO
ISO/TC 276/SC 1 Analytical methods 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
WHO World Health Organization A
WOAH World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) A

Date Month Location TC/SC Note
3-6 June 2025 Madrid (Spain) ISO/TC 34/SC 9  

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

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