What is ISO 20976‑1-Challenge tests for food and feed products about?
ISO 20976‑1 discusses requirements and guidelines for conducting challenge tests of food and feed products in the microbiology of the food chain. ISO 20976‑1 is an international standard that provides challenge tests for food and feed products to study growth potential, lag time, and maximum growth rate.
ISO 20976‑1 is the first part of a multi-part series that specifies protocols for conducting microbiological challenge tests for growth studies on vegetative and spore-forming bacteria in raw materials and intermediate or end products.
The use of ISO 20976‑1 can be extended to yeasts that do not form mycelium.
Who is ISO 20976‑1-Challenge tests for food and feed products for?
ISO 20976‑1 on challenge tests for food and feed products is useful for:
- Food scientists
- Microbiologists
- Food laboratories
- Any entity related to microbiology
Why should you use ISO 20976‑1-Challenge tests for food and feed products?
It is the responsibility of food business operators (FBOs) to control microbiological hazards in foods and to manage microbial risks. Therefore, FBOs implement validated control measures within the hazard analysis and critical control point (HACCP) system, and conduct studies to investigate compliance with the food safety criteria throughout the food chain.
ISO 20976‑1 provides guidelines to study the ability of microorganisms to grow, survive, or be inactivated in raw materials and intermediate or end products under reasonably foreseeable food processes, storage, and use conditions.
ISO 20976‑1 assist users to describe and predict whether the growth of a particular microorganism will occur under a specified set of conditions.
By adopting ISO 20976‑1 the user can study the growth potential, lag time, and maximum growth rate of food and feed products.