On 28th February 2025, the NF VALIDATION mark was awarded to 138 food microbiology analysis methods, validated according to the EN ISO 16140-2: 2016 protocol.
In addition, 2 antibiotic residue screening methods have been validated in accordance with the AFNOR Certification antibiotics validation protocol.
The validation of the CompactDry™ YMR methods for Shimadzu Diagnostics Corporation and BACGene GO Salmonella for Gold Standard Diagnostics.
Congratulations to the manufacturers concerned on these new NF VALIDATION-certified methods. Certificates and summary reports will be available soon!
- The renewal of the Listeria Precis™ (detection) (OXOID Thermo Fisher), Neogen® Petrifilm® Rapide Coliformes (14h), Neogen® Petrifilm® Rapide Coliformes (totaux 24h), Neogen® Petrifilm® Rapide Coliformes (gazogènes 24h) (NEOGEN Food Safety Corporation) and iQ-Check® Listeria monocytogenes II (BIO-RAD) methods.
- Extension of methods:
- GENE-UP® Listeria spp. (bioMérieux) for the addition of a new protocol for raw milk with LX broth enrichment.
- EASY STAPH® (SOLABIA SAS) to extend the field of application to industrial production environmental samples.
- Neogen® Petrifilm® Rapid Aerobic Count Plate (RAC) to extend the field of application to all human food products (by performing validation assays on a broad range of foods)to allow the use of the PPRA for plate reading and the use of the One Plate for testing.
Our next Food Technical Board meetings will be held:
23 and 24 April, 1 and 2 July, 2 and 3 October and 10 and 11 December 2025.
