DIN Standards Committee Food and Agricultural Products
DIN EN ISO 17604
Microbiology of the food chain - Carcass sampling for microbiological analysis (ISO 17604:2015); German version EN ISO 17604:2015
Mikrobiologie der Lebensmittelkette - Probenahme von Schlachttierkörpern zur mikrobiologischen Untersuchung (ISO 17604:2015); Deutsche Fassung EN ISO 17604:2015
Overview
This International Standard specifies sampling methods for the detection and enumeration of microorganisms on the surface of carcasses or parts of carcasses of slaughtered meat animals. It serves both consumer health protection and quality assurance. The microbiological sampling can be carried out as part of: - process hygiene control (to validate and or verify process control, for example total counts and Enterobacteriaceae) in slaughter establishments for large mammals, poultry and game; - risk-based assurance systems for product safety; and - monitoring or surveillance programmes for the prevalence and/or numbers of pathogenic microorganisms. This International Standard includes the use of excision and swabbing techniques depending on the reason for sample collection. It also includes the use of carcass rinsing for the examination of carcasses of poultry and some small animals. Annex A shows sampling sites on the carcasses of various animal species. The committee responsible for this standard is NA 057-01-06 AA "Mikrobiologische Lebensmitteluntersuchung einschließlich Schnellverfahren" ("Microbiological analysis of foodstuffs including rapid method") at DIN.
Document: references other documents
Responsible national committee
NA 057-01-06 AA - Microbiology of the food chain
Responsible european committee
CEN/TC 463 - Microbiology of the food chain