ISO 15213-1:2023
Issue date: 2023 01 16
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.
