IS 5402 : 2012 : Microbiology of Food and Animal Feeding Stuffs Horizontal Method for the Enumeration of Micro-Organisms - Colony-Count Technique at 30o C

Reaffirmed 2018

NATIONAL FOREWORD

This Indian Standard (Second Revision) which is identical with ISO 4833 : 2003 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the enumeration of microorganisms - Colony-count technique at 30 °C issued by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards on the recommendation of the Food Hygiene, Safety Management and Other Systems Sectional Committee and approval of the Food and Agriculture Division Council.

This standard was originally published in 1969. The first revision of this standard was undertaken in 2002 to align it with the earlier versions of ISO Standard on the subject, namely, ISO 4833 : 1991 Microbiology - General guidance for the enumeration of micro-organisms - Colony-count technique at 30oC. The second revision of this standard has been undertaken to align it with the latest version of the International Standard, namely, ISO 4833 : 2003.

The text of ISO Standard has been approved as suitable for publication as an Indian Standard without deviations. Certain conventions are, however, not identical to those used in Indian Standards. Attention is particularly drawn to the following:

a) Wherever the words International Standard appear referring to this standard, they should be read as Indian Standar.

b) Comma (,) has been used as a decimal marker while in Indian Standards, the current practice is to use a point (.) as the decimal marker.

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