BS ISO 4832:2006

This standard BS ISO 4832:2006 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs. Horizontal method for the enumeration of coliforms. Colony-count technique is classified in these ICS categories:

• 07.100.30 Food microbiology

This International Standard gives general guidelines for the enumeration of coliforms. It is applicable to

• products intended for human consumption and for the feeding of animals, and

• environmental samples in the area of food production and food handling,

by means of the technique of counting colonies after incubation on a solid medium at or at .

NOTE The temperature is subject to agreement between the parties concerned. In the case of milk and milk products, the temperature of incubation is .

This technique is recommended when the number of colonies sought is expected to be more than 100 per millilitre or per gram of the test sample.