This document 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 this document can be extended to yeasts that do not form mycelium. st edition 2019-03 Microbiology of the food chain — Requirements and guidelines for conducting challenge tests of food and feed products — Part 1: Challenge tests to study growth potential, lag time and maximum growth rate Microbiologie de la cha？ne alimentaire — Exigences et lignes directrices pour la réalisation des tests d'épreuve microbiologique — Partie 1: Tests de croissance pour étudier le potentiel de croissance, le temps de latence et le taux de croissance maximal Reference number I