EN ISO 7932:2004

Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the enumeration of presumptive Bacillus cereus - Colony-count technique at 30 °C (ISO 7932:2004)

ISO 7932:2004 specifies a horizontal method for the enumeration of viable Bacillus cereus by means of the colony-count technique at 30 °C. It is applicable to products intended for human consumption and the feeding of animals, and environmental samples in the area of food production and food handling.
In order to have a practicable test method, the confirmatory stage has been restricted to the typical aspect on MYP agar and the haemolysis test. Thus the term presumptive has been introduced in order to acknowledge the fact that the confirmatory stage does not enable the distinction of B. cereus from other closely related but less commonly encountered Bacillus species, such as B. anthracis, B. thuringiensis, B. weihenstephanensis, B. mycoides. An additional motility test may help to differentiate B. cereus from B. anthracis in cases where the presence of the latter is suspected.

Mikrobiologie von Lebensmitteln und Futtermitteln - Horizontales Verfahren zur Zählung von präsumtivem Bacillus cereus - Koloniezählverfahren bei 30° C (ISO 7932:2004)

Diese Internationale Norm legt ein horizontales Verfahren zur Zählung vermehrungsfähiger Stämme von präsumtivem Bacillus cereus mittels des Koloniezählverfahrens bei 30 °C fest. Es gilt für
¾   Erzeugnisse, die für den menschlichen Verzehr oder als Futtermittel bestimmt sind, und
¾   Umgebungsproben im Bereich der Herstellung und Behandlung von Lebensmitteln.
ANMERKUNG   Im Sinne der Praktikabilität des Untersuchungsverfahrens beschränkt sich die Bestätigungsunter-suchung auf den Nachweis typischer Aspekte auf MYP-Agar und auf den Hämolysetest. Resultierend daraus wird der Begriff "präsumtiv" verwendet, wodurch anerkannt wird, dass die Bestätigungsuntersuchungen nicht geeignet sind, zwischen B. cereus and den anderen nahe verwandten, aber weniger häufig nachzuweisenden Bazillenarten, wie B. anthracis, B. thuringiensis, B. weihenstephanensis und B. mycoides zu unterscheiden. Wenn die Anwesenheit von B. anthracis vermutet wird, kann eine zusätzliche Mobilitätsprüfung dazu dienen, B. cereus von B. anthracis zu unterscheiden.

Microbiologie des aliments - Méthode horizontale pour le dénombrement de Bacillus cereus présomptifs - Technique par comptage des colonies à 30 °C (ISO 7932:2004)

L'ISO 7932:2004 spécifie une méthode horizontale pour le dénombrement de Bacillus cereus présomptifs revivifiables par comptage des colonies à 30 °C. Elle est applicable aux produits pour l'alimentation humaine et animale; et aux échantillons d'environnement pour la production et la distribution des aliments.
Dans le but de mettre en oeuvre une méthode pratique, l'étape de confirmation consiste uniquement à la caractérisation des colonies sur le milieu MYP et au test de l'hémolyse. Le terme «présomptif» a donc été introduit de façon à souligner le fait que l'étape de confirmation ne permet pas de faire la différence entre B. cereus et d'autres espèces proches mais néanmoins moins rencontrées, comme B. anthracis, B. thuringiensis, B. weihenstephanensis, B. mycoides. Un test de mobilité effectué en plus peut toutefois aider à la différentiation entre B. cereus et B. anthracis, dans les cas où la présence de ce dernier est suspectée.

Mikrobiologija živil in krme - Splošno navodilo za štetje domnevno prisotnih Bacillus cereus - Štetje kolonij pri 30 °C (ISO 7932:2004)

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 30-Nov-2004
• Withdrawal Date: 29-Jun-2005
• ICS: 07.100.30 - Food microbiology
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 463 - Microbiology of the food chain
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 463 - Microbiology of the food chain
• Current Stage: 9093 - Decision to confirm - Review Enquiry
• Start Date: 12-Jun-2009
• Completion Date: 12-Jun-2009
• Ref Project: SIST EN ISO 7932:2005 - Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the enumeration of presumptive Bacillus cereus - Colony-count technique at 30 °C (ISO 7932:2004)

Relations

• Replaces: EN ISO 7932:1997 - Microbiology - General guidance for the enumeration of Bacillus cereus - Colony-count technique at 30 °C (ISO 7932:1993, including Technical Corrigendum 1:1997)
• Effective Date: 22-Dec-2008
• Amended By: EN ISO 7932:2004/A1:2020 - Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the enumeration of presumptive Bacillus cereus - Colony-count technique at 30 degrees C - Amendment 1: Inclusion of optional tests (ISO 7932:2004/Amd 1:2020, Corrected version 2020-08)
• Effective Date: 05-Sep-2018

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-junij-2005
1DGRPHãþD
SIST EN ISO 7932:1998
Mikrobiologija živil in krme - Splošno navodilo za štetje domnevno prisotnih
Bacillus cereus - Štetje kolonij pri 30 °C (ISO 7932:2004)
Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the enumeration of
presumptive Bacillus cereus - Colony-count technique at 30 °C (ISO 7932:2004)
Mikrobiologie von Lebensmitteln und Futtermitteln - Horizontales Verfahren zur Zählung
von präsumtivem Bacillus cereus - Koloniezählverfahren bei 30° C (ISO 7932:2004)
Microbiologie des aliments - Méthode horizontale pour le dénombrement de Bacillus
cereus présomptifs - Technique par comptage des colonies a 30 °C (ISO 7932:2004)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO 7932:2004
ICS:
07.100.30 Mikrobiologija živil Food microbiology
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN ISO 7932
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
December 2004
ICS 07.100.01 Supersedes EN ISO 7932:1997
English version
Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal
method for the enumeration of presumptive Bacillus cereus -
Colony-count technique at 30 °C (ISO 7932:2004)
Microbiologie des aliments - Méthode horizontale pour le
dénombrement de Bacillus cereus présomptifs - Technique
par comptage des colonies à 30 °C (ISO 7932:2004)
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Foreword
This document (EN ISO 7932:2004) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 34
"Agricultural food products" in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC 275 "Food
analysis - Horizontal methods", the secretariat of which is held by DIN.

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INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 7932
Third edition
2004-06-15
Microbiology of food and animal feeding
stuffs — Horizontal method for the
enumeration of presumptive Bacillus
cereus — Colony-count technique at
30 °C
Microbiologie des aliments — Méthode horizontale pour le
dénombrement de Bacillus cereus présomptifs — Technique par
comptage des colonies à 30 °C
Reference number
ISO 7932:2004(E)
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ISO 7932:2004(E)
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ISO 7932:2004(E)
Contents Page
Foreword. iv
0 Introduction . v
1 Scope. 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions. 1
4 Principle . 1
5 Dilution fluid, culture media and reagents . 2
6 Apparatus and glassware. 4
7 Sampling . 5
8 Preparation of test sample. 5
9 Procedure. 5
9.1 Test portion, initial suspension and dilutions . 5
9.2 Inoculation and incubation . 5
9.3 Counting of the colonies. 5
9.4 Confirmation. 6
10 Expression of results. 6
10.1 Count of presumptive B. cereus colonies. 6
10.2 No colonies. 7
10.3 Precision . 7
11 Test report. 8
Annex A (normative) Confidence limits for the estimation of small numbers of colonies. 9
Annex B (informative) Results of interlaboratory test . 10
Bibliography . 13

ISO 7932:2004(E)
Foreword
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ISO 7932 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 34, Food products, Subcommittee SC 9,
Microbiology.
This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition (ISO 7932:1993) and Technical Corrigendum 1
(ISO 7932:1993/Cor.1:1997).
In this edition the previous confirmation tests [mannitol/egg yolk/polymyxin (MYP) agar medium, glucose
fermentation, Voges-Proskauer reaction and nitrate reduction] are replaced by the following:
 haemolysis reaction;
 MYP agar medium.
This edition introduces precision data obtained during an interlaboratory trial based on ISO 7932:1993 and
using the following confirmation tests: MYP agar medium, glucose agar medium, VP medium and nitrate
medium.
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ISO 7932:2004(E)
0 Introduction
0.1 This International Standard is intended to provide general guidance for the microbiological examination
of food products not dealt with by existing International Standards and to be taken into account by
organizations preparing microbiological test methods for application to foods or to animal feeding stuffs.
Because of the large variety of products within this field of application, these guidelines may not be
appropriate in every detail for certain products and for some other products it may be necessary to use
different methods. Nevertheless, it is hoped that in all cases every attempt will be made to apply the
guidelines provided as far as possible and that deviations from them will only be made if absolutely necessary
for technical reasons.
When this International Standard is next reviewed, account will be taken of all information then available
regarding the extent to which the guidelines have been followed and the reasons for deviation from them in
the case of particular products.
The harmonization of test methods cannot be immediate and, for certain groups of products, International
Standards and/or national standards may already exist that do not comply with the guidelines. In cases where
International Standards already exist for the product to be tested, they should be followed, but it is hoped that
when such standards are reviewed they will be changed to comply with this International Standard so that
eventually the only remaining departures from these guidelines will be those necessary for well-established
technical reasons.
0.2 It appears that the spores of many, if not most, strains of B. cereus germinate readily on the surface of
culture media used for enumeration. In most cases there does not seem to be a need for heat shock treatment
to provoke germination. Sometimes a heat shock procedure is desirable, for example for spore counts or to
inhibit growth of vegetative bacterial cells. In such cases, treatment for 10 min at 80 °C is recommended.

INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO 7932:2004(E)

Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal
method for the enumeration of presumptive Bacillus cereus —
Colony-count technique at 30 °C
1 Scope
This International Standard specifies a horizontal method for the enumeration of viable presumptive Bacillus
cereus by means of the colony-count technique at 30 °C. It is applicable to
 products intended for human consumption and the feeding of animals, and
 environmental samples in the area of food production and food handling.
NOTE In order to have a practicable test method, the confirmatory stage has
...