Tuesday, June 11, 2013

New Microbiology Standards for the 1st Quarter 2013

Document Center Inc. is pleased to announce that the following new Standards on Microbiology are available now:


  • ASTM E1847, 1996 Reaffirmed in 2013 Edition, Standard Practice for Statistical Analysis of Toxicity Tests
  • ASTM D5244, Withdrawn, Standard Practice for Recovery of Enteroviruses from Waters
  • ASTM E1295, 2001 Reaffirmed in 2013 Edition, Standard Guide for Conducting Three-Brood, Renewal Toxicity Tests with Ceriodaphnia dubia
  • ASTM E1562, 2000 Reaffirmed in 2013 Edition, Standard Guide for Conducting Acute, Chronic, and Life-Cycle Aquatic Toxicity Tests with Polychaetous Annelids
  • ASTM E2449, 2005 Reaffirmed in 2013 Edition, Standard Guide for Irradiation of Pre-packaged Processed Meat and Poultry Products to Control Pathogens and Other Microorganisms
  • ISO 13307, 1st Edition, Microbiology of food and animal feed - Primary production stage - Sampling techniques
  • ISO 15216-1, 1st Edition (Corrected), Microbiology of food and animal feed - Horizontal method for determination of hepatitis A virus and norovirus in food using real-time RT-PCR - Part 1: Method for quantification
  • ISO 15216-2, 1st Edition (Corrected), Microbiology of food and animal feed - Horizontal method for determination of hepatitis A virus and norovirus in food using real-time RT-PCR - Part 2: Method for qualitative detection
  • ISO 6887-6, 1st Edition, Microbiology of food and animal feed - Preparation of test samples, initial suspension and decimal dilutions for microbiological examination - Part 6: Specific rules for the preparation of samples taken at the primary production stage

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California is known for it's emphasis on clean water, healthy food, and the use of technology to help us improve the way we live.  Here in Silicon Valley, the merging of microbiology with other disciplines has resulted in exciting new ventures.  Document Center has been involved with many of these pioneering companies since we were founded in 1982.  

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