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Horizontal methods in the field of microbiological analysis of the food chain from primary production stage to food and animal feed products, including the environment of food production and handling

ISO/TC 34/SC 9
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This committee contributes with 12 standards to the following Sustainable Development Goals:

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Zero Hunger
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Good Health and Well-being
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Clean Water and Sanitation
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Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
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Responsible Consumption and Production
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Published ISO standards *

16

ISO standards under development *

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Participating members
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Observing members

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ISO/TC 34/SC 9/AHG 1  Ms Kirsten Mooijman (until end of 2026) can be reached through the secretariat." data-bs-placement="top" data-bs-trigger="focus" role="button" tabindex="0" data-bs-html="true"> Guidance document for drafting ISO/CEN standards Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/AHG 2  Mr Jacques-Antoine Hennekinne (until end of 2026) can be reached through the secretariat." data-bs-placement="top" data-bs-trigger="focus" role="button" tabindex="0" data-bs-html="true"> SC9 Public website Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/AHG 3  M Bertrand Lombard (until end of 2026) can be reached through the secretariat." data-bs-placement="top" data-bs-trigger="focus" role="button" tabindex="0" data-bs-html="true"> Validation status of ISO standards Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/AHG 4  Mr Stefano Colombo (until end of 2026) can be reached through the secretariat." data-bs-placement="top" data-bs-trigger="focus" role="button" tabindex="0" data-bs-html="true"> Collaboration on interlaboratory studies for standardized reference methods Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/AHG 5  Dr Maria Hoffmann (until end of 2026) can be reached through the secretariat." data-bs-placement="top" data-bs-trigger="focus" role="button" tabindex="0" data-bs-html="true"> Brainstorming on antimicrobial resistance Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/AHG 6  Mr Rolf Meyer (until end of 2026) can be reached through the secretariat." data-bs-placement="top" data-bs-trigger="focus" role="button" tabindex="0" data-bs-html="true"> Commercial sterility testing Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/AHG 7  Mr David TOMAS FORNES (until end of 2026) can be reached through the secretariat." data-bs-placement="top" data-bs-trigger="focus" role="button" tabindex="0" data-bs-html="true"> Quality control of the colony count technique Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 2  M Bertrand Lombard (until end of 2025) can be reached through the secretariat." data-bs-placement="top" data-bs-trigger="focus" role="button" tabindex="0" data-bs-html="true"> Statistics Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 3  Mr Paul in 't Veld (until end of 2025) can be reached through the secretariat." data-bs-placement="top" data-bs-trigger="focus" role="button" tabindex="0" data-bs-html="true"> Method validation Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 5  Ms Melody Greenwood (until end of 2025), M Eric Pierlot (until end of 2025) can be reached through the secretariat." data-bs-placement="top" data-bs-trigger="focus" role="button" tabindex="0" data-bs-html="true"> Food microbiology - Culture media (JWG between ISO/TC 34/SC 9 and ISO/TC 147/SC 4) Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 6  Mr Marco Lalle (until end of 2027) can be reached through the secretariat." data-bs-placement="top" data-bs-trigger="focus" role="button" tabindex="0" data-bs-html="true"> Food-borne parasites Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 7  Dr Sue Passmore (until end of 2025) can be reached through the secretariat." data-bs-placement="top" data-bs-trigger="focus" role="button" tabindex="0" data-bs-html="true"> General requirements and guidance for microbiological examinations Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 8  M David Albert (until end of 2025) can be reached through the secretariat." data-bs-placement="top" data-bs-trigger="focus" role="button" tabindex="0" data-bs-html="true"> Preparation of test samples, initial suspension and decimal dilutions Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 9  Ms Kirsten Mooijman (until end of 2025) can be reached through the secretariat." data-bs-placement="top" data-bs-trigger="focus" role="button" tabindex="0" data-bs-html="true"> Detection of Salmonella Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 10  Ms Kirsten Mooijman (until end of 2025) can be reached through the secretariat." data-bs-placement="top" data-bs-trigger="focus" role="button" tabindex="0" data-bs-html="true"> Typing of Salmonella Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 11  Mrs Adrianne Klijn (until end of 2025) can be reached through the secretariat." data-bs-placement="top" data-bs-trigger="focus" role="button" tabindex="0" data-bs-html="true"> Food and feed microbial cultures Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 12  Abigail Snyder (until end of 2026) can be reached through the secretariat." data-bs-placement="top" data-bs-trigger="focus" role="button" tabindex="0" data-bs-html="true"> Alicyclobacillus Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 13  Ms Cari Lingle (until end of 2026) can be reached through the secretariat." data-bs-placement="top" data-bs-trigger="focus" role="button" tabindex="0" data-bs-html="true"> Coagulase positive staphylococci Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 16  Mrs Barbara Gerten (until end of 2027) can be reached through the secretariat." data-bs-placement="top" data-bs-trigger="focus" role="button" tabindex="0" data-bs-html="true"> Yeasts and moulds Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 18  Dr Chris Baylis (until end of 2027) can be reached through the secretariat." data-bs-placement="top" data-bs-trigger="focus" role="button" tabindex="0" data-bs-html="true"> Detection and enumeration of Escherichia coli Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 19  Dr Nicolas Nguyen Van Long (until end of 2025) can be reached through the secretariat." data-bs-placement="top" data-bs-trigger="focus" role="button" tabindex="0" data-bs-html="true"> Guidelines for conducting challenge tests Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 20  Mr Guojie Cao (until end of 2026) can be reached through the secretariat." data-bs-placement="top" data-bs-trigger="focus" role="button" tabindex="0" data-bs-html="true"> Enumeration and confirmation of Bacillus cereus group bacteria Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 21  Ms Fahimdokht Mokhtari (until end of 2027) can be reached through the secretariat." data-bs-placement="top" data-bs-trigger="focus" role="button" tabindex="0" data-bs-html="true"> Enumeration of Enterococci Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 23  Mr Stephen Antonie (until end of 2025) can be reached through the secretariat." data-bs-placement="top" data-bs-trigger="focus" role="button" tabindex="0" data-bs-html="true"> Sulfite reducing clostridia and C. perfringens Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 26  Dr Shashi Sharma (until end of 2025) can be reached through the secretariat." data-bs-placement="top" data-bs-trigger="focus" role="button" tabindex="0" data-bs-html="true"> Detection of Clostridium botulinum toxins Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 27  Dr Jessica Jones (until end of 2026) can be reached through the secretariat." data-bs-placement="top" data-bs-trigger="focus" role="button" tabindex="0" data-bs-html="true"> Vibrio spp. Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 28  Ms Melody Greenwood (until end of 2025) can be reached through the secretariat." data-bs-placement="top" data-bs-trigger="focus" role="button" tabindex="0" data-bs-html="true"> Enumeration of micro-organisms at 30 degrees C Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 29  Mrs Adrianne Klijn (until end of 2027) can be reached through the secretariat." data-bs-placement="top" data-bs-trigger="focus" role="button" tabindex="0" data-bs-html="true"> Enumeration of spores Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 30  Mr Yacine Nia (until end of 2027) can be reached through the secretariat." data-bs-placement="top" data-bs-trigger="focus" role="button" tabindex="0" data-bs-html="true"> Qualitative determination of staphylococcal enterotoxins Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 31  Dr Nigel Cook (until end of 2027) can be reached through the secretariat." data-bs-placement="top" data-bs-trigger="focus" role="button" tabindex="0" data-bs-html="true"> Hepatitis E Virus Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 32  Mme Nathalie Gnanou-Besse (until end of 2027) can be reached through the secretariat." data-bs-placement="top" data-bs-trigger="focus" role="button" tabindex="0" data-bs-html="true"> Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria spp. Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 33  Dr Catharine Carlin (until end of 2025) can be reached through the secretariat." data-bs-placement="top" data-bs-trigger="focus" role="button" tabindex="0" data-bs-html="true"> Detection of Cronobacter Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 34  Mr Shaofei Yan (until end of 2025) can be reached through the secretariat." data-bs-placement="top" data-bs-trigger="focus" role="button" tabindex="0" data-bs-html="true"> Enterobacteriaceae Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 35  M Alexandre Leclercq (until end of 2025) can be reached through the secretariat." data-bs-placement="top" data-bs-trigger="focus" role="button" tabindex="0" data-bs-html="true"> Sampling techniques Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 36  Dr Beilei Ge (until end of 2025) can be reached through the secretariat." data-bs-placement="top" data-bs-trigger="focus" role="button" tabindex="0" data-bs-html="true"> General requirements relating to LAMP-based methods Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 37  Mrs Tomke Friederike Prüser (until end of 2026) can be reached through the secretariat." data-bs-placement="top" data-bs-trigger="focus" role="button" tabindex="0" data-bs-html="true"> General requirements relating to PCR methods Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 9/WG 38  Ms Rosangela Tozzoli (until end of 2026) can be reached through the secretariat." data-bs-placement="top" data-bs-trigger="focus" role="button" tabindex="0" data-bs-html="true"> Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC) Working group
Liaison Committees to ISO/TC 34/SC 9

The committees below can access the documents of ISO/TC 34/SC 9:

Reference Title ISO/IEC
ISO/TC 34/SC 5 Milk and milk products ISO
ISO/TC 34/SC 6 Meat, poultry, fish, eggs and their products ISO
ISO/TC 34/SC 16 Horizontal methods for molecular biomarker analysis ISO
ISO/TC 69/SC 6 Measurement methods and results ISO
ISO/TC 93 Starch (including derivatives and by-products) ISO
ISO/TC 147/SC 4 Microbiological methods ISO
ISO/TC 209 Cleanrooms and associated controlled environments ISO
ISO/TC 212 Medical laboratories and in vitro diagnostic systems ISO
ISO/TC 217 Cosmetics ISO
ISO/TC 276 Biotechnology ISO

 

Liaison Committees from ISO/TC 34/SC 9

ISO/TC 34/SC 9 can access the documents of the committees below:

Reference Title ISO/IEC
ISO/TC 34/SC 5 Milk and milk products ISO
ISO/TC 34/SC 6 Meat, poultry, fish, eggs and their products ISO
ISO/TC 34/SC 16 Horizontal methods for molecular biomarker analysis ISO
ISO/TC 69/SC 6 Measurement methods and results ISO
ISO/TC 147/SC 4 Microbiological methods ISO
ISO/TC 212 Medical laboratories and in vitro diagnostic systems ISO
ISO/TC 215/SC 1 Genomics Informatics ISO
ISO/TC 217 Cosmetics ISO
ISO/TC 276 Biotechnology ISO
ISO/TC 276/SC 1 Analytical methods ISO
ISO/TC 334 Reference materials ISO

 

Organizations in liaison (Category A and B)
Acronym Title Category
AOAC INTERNATIONAL AOAC INTERNATIONAL, Association of Analytical Communities A
AOCS American Oil Chemists' Society A
CAC Codex Alimentarius Commission A
EC - European Commission European Commission A
ICC - cereals International Association for Cereal Science and Technology A
ICMSF International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods of the IUMS A
ICUMSA International Commission for Uniform Methods of Sugar Analysis A
IDF International Dairy Federation A
IFU International Federation of Fruit Juice Producers - IFU A
IPA Probiotics International Probiotics Association A
IUMS International Union of Microbiological Societies A
NMKL Nordic-Baltic Committee on Food Analysis A
WHO World Health Organization A
WOAH World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) A

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