DS/ISO 21527-1:2008 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the enumeration of yeasts and moulds - Part 1: Colony count technique in products with water activity greater than 0,95
The present part of ISO 21527 standard described general guidance for the enumeration of viable yeasts and moulds in products intended for human consumption or feeding of animals, having a water activity > 0.95 (eggs, meat, dairy products, fruits, vegetables, fresh pastes, etc.), by means of the colony count technique at 25 ºC. This method is not applicable to alcoholic beverages such as beer and wine.The present part of ISO 21527 standard does not allow the enumeration of spores of moulds.The description of the mycologic flora is complementary research of the mycotoxins which is not the subject of this standard.NOTE Owing to the nature of yeasts and moulds
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2008DS/ISO 21527-1:2008 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the enumeration of yeasts and moulds - Part 1: Colony count technique in products with water activity greater than 0,95