AS 4659.1:2015

$63.00

Guide to determining the equivalence of food microbiology test methods, Part 1: Qualitative tests

This Standard sets out a protocol that may be used to determine whether an alternate method will yield a result equivalent to an Australian Standard food microbiology method (AS 5013 series), the result for which is reported as ‘detected’ or ‘not detected’.

Table of contents
Header
About this publication
Preface
Foreword
1 Scope
2 Referenced documents
3 Definitions
4 Procedure
4.1 Define the equivalence determination
4.2 Define the conditions of the equivalence determination
4.3 Select test organisms
4.4 Select samples of the matrix
4.5 Preparation
4.5.1 For high inoculum samples
4.5.2 For fractional recovery samples
4.6 Testing
4.7 Results
4.7.1 Reporting of the results
4.7.2 Calculations
4.8 Acceptance criteria
4.8.1 General
4.8.2 Paired samples
4.8.3 Unpaired samples
5 Report

Cited references in this standard
Content history
DR AS 4659.1:2014

Please select a variation to view its description.

Published

03/02/2015

Pages

7

Please select a variation to view its pdf.

AS 4659.1:2015
$63.00