CEN ISO/TS 15213-3 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION SPECIFICATION TECHNIQUE TECHNISCHE SPEZIFIKATION May 2024 ICS 07.100.30 English Version Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the detection and enumeration of Clostridium spp. - Part 3: Detection of Clostridium perfringens (ISO/TS 15213- 3:2024) Microbiologie de la chaine alimentaire - Méthode Mikrobiologie der Lebensmittelkette - Horizontales horizontalepourlarechercheetledénombrementde Verfahren zumNachweis und zur Zahlung von Clostridium spp. - Partie 3: Recherche de Clostridium Clostridium spp. - Teil 3: Nachweis von Clostridium perfringens (IS0/TS 15213-3:2024) perfringens (IS0/TS 15213-3:2024) This Technical Specification (CEN/TS) was approved by CEN on 6 February 2024 for provisional application. The period of validity of this CEN/TS is limited initially to three years. After two years the members of CEN will be requested to submit their comments, particularly on the question whether the CEN/TS can be converted into a European Standard. CENmembersarerequiredtoannouncetheexistenceofthisCEN/TSinthesamewayasforanENandtomaketheCEN/TS available promptly at national level in an appropriate form. It is permissible to keep conflicting national standards in force (in parallel to the CEN/TS) until the final decision about the possible conversion of the CEN/TS into an EN is reached. CENmembers arethenational standardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,Bulgaria,Croatia,Cyprus, CzechRepublic, Denmark,Estonia Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal,Republic of NorthMacedonia,Romania,Serbia,Slovakia, Slovenia,Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkiyeand United Kingdom. cen EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION COMITEEUROPEENDENORMALISATION EUROPAISCHESKOMITEEFURNORMUNG CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Rue de la Science 23, B-1040 Brussels @2024CEN Ref. No. CEN IS0/TS 15213-3:2024 E All rightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreserved worldwide for CEN national Members. CEN IS0/TS 15213-3:2024 (E) Contents Page European foreword... 2 CENIS0/TS 15213-3:2024 (E) European foreword This document (CEN IS0/TS 15213-3:2024) 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 secretariat of which is held by AFNOR. 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 has been prepared under a standardization request addressed to CEN by the European Commission. The Standing Committee of the EFTA States subsequently approves these requests for its Member States. Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users' national standards body/national committee. A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website. According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to announce this Technical Specification: 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, Türkiye and the United Kingdom. Endorsement notice The text of IS0/TS 15213-3:2024 has been approved by CEN as CEN IS0/TS 15213-3:2024 without any modification. 3