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Food
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Microbiological Methods
FDA Microbiological Methods
- FDA Bacteriological Analytical Manual Online (BAM)
Presents the agency's preferred laboratory procedures for microbiological analyses of foods and cosmetics. AOAC International published previous editions of this manual in a loose-leaf notebook format, and, more recently, on CD-ROM. The complete BAM is now available online and will be updated as needed. A listing of chapters updated since the last hard-copy version (Edition 8, Revision A /1998) can be found in About the Bacteriological Analytical Manual - FDA Microbiological Methods
- Environmental Testing Methods
- Environmental Sampling and Detection of Salmonella in Poultry Houses October 2008
- Egg Safety Final Rule July 2009
- Detection of Salmonella in Environmental Samples from Poultry Houses September 2004
- Proposed Rule: Prevention of Salmonella Enteritidis in Shell Eggs During Production Federal Register, September 22, 2004
- Environmental Sampling and Detection of Salmonella in Poultry Houses October 2008
- Advisories for BAM Users
Other Microbiological Methods Information
- American Public Health Association (APHA)
- American Type Culture Collection.
- AOAC INTERNATIONAL
- Official Methods of Analysis Online version, 18th ed., Revision 2, 2007
- Final Report and Executive Summaries from the AOAC International Presidential Task Force on Best Practices in Microbiological Methodology August 2006
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Health Protection Branch, Health and Welfare Canada
- International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
- Listeria monocytogenes enumeration - ISO 11290-2:1998(E): "Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the detection and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes - Part 2: Enumeration method." (1998; available for purchase from ISO)
- Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA
- USDA/FSIS Microbiology Laboratory Guidebook, 3rd edition, 1998 with revisions, 2008
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