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Status of Revision of
ISO Method 6579 on Salmonella
 Revision of method started under ISO ISO/TC 34/SC 9
 EC mandated CENTC 275, Food Analysis,WG 6, Microbial
Contaminant to provide validation data for Annex D for
detection of salmonella in primary production samples
 Revision work was transferred to CEN/TC 275/WG 6,
Microbiological Contaminants
 EC agreed to finance validation study
ISO/CEN Cooperative
Agreements
 Under ISO/CEN cooperative agreements
 Develop common standards in the field of food microbiology
 Both standardization committees ISO/TC 34/SC 9 and CEN/TC 275/WG
6 have agreed to develop common standards in the field of food
microbiology
 One of the bodies leads the work for each standard
 Official voting for any draft standard is organized through both
standardization committees
 CENWGs open to experts outside of Europe
 Up to four non-EU experts allowed