EN ISO 7218 EUROPEANSTANDARD NORMEEUROPEENNE EUROPAISCHE NORM July 2024 ICS 07.100.30 Supersedes EN IS0 7218:2007, EN IS0 7218:2007/A1:2013 English Version Microbiology of the food chain - General requirements and guidance for microbiological examinations (ISO 7218:2024) Microbiologie de la chaine alimentaire - Exigences Mikrobiologie der Lebensmittelkette - Allgemeine genérales et recommandations pour les examens Anforderungenund Leitlinienfurmikrobiologische microbiologiques (IS0 7218:2024) Untersuchungen (IS0 7218:2024) This European Standard was approved by CEN on 28 April 2024. CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard thestatus ofa national standardwithout any alteration.Up-to-date lists andbibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN member. Centrehasthesamestatus asthe official versions. CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland,France, Germany,Greece, Hungary,Iceland, Ireland,Italy,Latvia, Lithuania,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia,Romania,Serbia,Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkiyeand United Kingdom. ces EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION COMITE EUROPEEN DE NORMALISATION EUROPAISCHESKOMITEEFURNORMUNG CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Rue de la Science 23, B-1040 Brussels @2024CEN Ref. No. EN IS0 7218:2024 E All rights of exploitation inanyform and by any means reserved worldwidefor CEN national Members. EN IS0 7218:2024 (E) Contents Page European foreword... 2 EN IS0 7218:2024 (E) European foreword This document (EN IS0 7218:2024) has been prepared by Technical Committee IS0/TC 34 "Food products" in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC 463 “Microbiology of the food chain" the secretariatofwhich isheldbyAFNOR. This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by January 2025, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by January 2025. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. This document supersedes EN IS0 7218:2007. Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users' national standards body/nationalcommittee.AcompletelistingofthesebodiescanbefoundontheCENwebsite. According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkiye and the United Kingdom. Endorsement notice The text of IS0 7218:2024 has been approved by CEN as EN IS0 7218:2024 without any modification. 3