Thursday, March 20, 2014

New Microbiology Standards for the 4th Quarter 2013

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


  • ASTM E1202, Withdrawn without replacement, Standard Guide for Development of Micronucleus Assay Standards 
  • ASTM E1326, 2013 Edition, Standard Guide for Evaluating Nonconventional Microbiological Tests Used for Enumerating Bacteria
  • ASTM E2149, 2013a Edition, Standard Test Method for Determining the Antimicrobial Activity of Antimicrobial Agents Under Dynamic Contact Conditions
  • ASTM E2525, 2008 Edition Reaffirmed in 2013, Standard Test Method for Evaluation of the Effect of Nanoparticulate Materials on the Formation of Mouse Granulocyte-Macrophage Colonies
  • ASTM E2526, 2008 Edition Reaffirmed in 2013, Standard Test Method for Evaluation of Cytotoxicity of Nanoparticulate Materials in Porcine Kidney Cells and Human Hepatocarcinoma Cells
  • BS EN ISO 4833, Withdrawn and Replaced by BS EN ISO 4833-1 and BS EN ISO 4833-2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs. Horizontal method for the enumeration of microorganisms. Colony-count technique at 30 Deg C
  • BS EN ISO 4833-1, 2013 Edition, Microbiology of the food chain. Horizontal method for the enumeration of microorganisms. Colony count at 30 degrees C by the pour plate technique
  • BS EN ISO 4833-2, 2013 Edition, Microbiology of food and animal feed. Horizontal method for the enumeration of microorganisms. Colony count at 30 degrees C by the surface plating technique
  • ISO 14189, 1st Edition, Water quality - Enumeration of Clostridium perfringens - Method using membrane filtration
  • ISO 17919, 1st Edition, Microbiology of the food chain - Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the detection of food-borne pathogens - Detection of botulinum type A, B, E and F neurotoxin-producing clostridia


For similar standards, see our page Document Center List of Standards on Microbiology.  Follow the links for additional standards as well.

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