NF ISO 21528-2
Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal methods for the detection and enumeration of Enterobacteriaceae - Part 2 : colony-count method
ISO 21528-2:2004 specifies a method, without pre-enrichment, for the enumeration of Enterobacteriaceae. It is applicable to products intended for human consumption and the feeding of animals, and environmental samples in the area of food production and food handling.Enumeration is carried out by counting colonies in a solid medium after incubation at 37 °C.This technique is recommended when the number of colonies sought is expected to be more than 100 per millilitre or per gram of the test sample.
ISO 21528-2:2004 specifies a method, without pre-enrichment, for the enumeration of Enterobacteriaceae. It is applicable to products intended for human consumption and the feeding of animals, and environmental samples in the area of food production and food handling.
Enumeration is carried out by counting colonies in a solid medium after incubation at 37 °C.
This technique is recommended when the number of colonies sought is expected to be more than 100 per millilitre or per gram of the test sample.
ISO 21528-2:2017 specifies a method for the enumeration of Enterobacteriaceae. It is applicable to - products intended for human consumption and the feeding of animals, and - environmental samples in the area of primary production, food production and food handling. This technique is intended to be used when the number of colonies sought is expected to be more than 100 per millilitre or per gram of the test sample. The most probable number (MPN) technique, as included in ISO 21528‑1, is generally used when the number sought is expected to be below 100 per millilitre or per gram of test sample.
- Avant-proposiv
- Introductionv
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1 Domaine d'application1
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2 Références normatives1
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3 Termes et définitions2
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4 Principe2
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4.1 Préparation de la suspension initiale et des dilutions décimales2
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4.2 Isolement2
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4.3 Confirmation2
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4.4 Calcul2
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5 Diluants, milieux de culture et réactifs3
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6 Appareillage et verrerie5
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7 Échantillonnage5
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8 Préparation de l'échantillon soumis à l'essai6
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9 Mode opératoire6
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9.1 Généralités6
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9.2 Prise d'essai, suspension-mère et dilutions6
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9.3 Ensemencement et incubation6
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9.4 Comptage et sélection des colonies pour confirmation7
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9.5 Repiquage des colonies sélectionnées7
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9.6 Essais de confirmation biochimique7
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10 Expression des résultats7
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11 Rapport d'essai8
- Annexe A (normative) Limites de confiance des estimations des petits nombres de colonies9
- Bibliographie10
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