{"id":597,"date":"2014-05-12T18:30:03","date_gmt":"2014-05-12T17:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nf-validation.afnor.org\/en\/?page_id=597"},"modified":"2025-11-25T15:45:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T14:45:27","slug":"reference-documents-food-industry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nf-validation.afnor.org\/en\/reference-documents-food-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"NF VALIDATION reference documents \u2013 Food microbiology application"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The certification system for rapid methods of analysis is framed by reference documents.<\/p>\n<h2>The NF VALIDATION certification program<\/h2>\n<p>General policies and organisation of the certification are defined in the <strong>General rules<\/strong> of the NF VALIDATION mark.<\/p>\n<p>Application scope, stakeholders, certification process, technical requirements\u2026, you will know everything by consulting the <strong>Certification rules in the domain of agri-food<\/strong>. This is also where you will find the technical requirements to be met per alternative method, the management provisions enabling the manufacturer to ensure constancy of production, the nature and frequency of the controls that the certification body must perform (validation study, on-site audits&#8230;).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nf-validation.afnor.org\/\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/regles-generales-NF-Validation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General Rules of the NF VALIDATION mark<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nf-validation.afnor.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/REGNF102_en.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The NF VALIDATION Certification Rules for the food industry application<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Validation protocols<\/h3>\n<p>To discover performances characteristics evaluated during the validation studies, we invite you to consult the applicable validation protocols:<\/p>\n<h5>Alternative methods for the detection\/enumeration of microorganisms in foodstuffs:<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boutique.afnor.org\/en-gb\/standard\/nf-en-iso-161402\/microbiology-of-the-food-chain-method-validation-part-2-protocol-for-the-va\/fa166689\/57870\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ISO 16140-2 : 2016<\/a> protocol for the validation of alternative methods and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boutique.afnor.org\/en-gb\/standard\/nf-en-iso-161402-a1\/microbiology-of-the-food-chain-method-validation-part-2-protocol-for-the-va\/fa207778\/428295\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">its amendment (2024)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nf-validation.afnor.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Exig_16140-2_Rev12_04_09_2024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NF VALIDATION specific requirements on the (EN) ISO 16140-2 : 2016 protocol <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Alternative methods for the confirmation\/typing of microorganisms in foodstuffs:<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boutique.afnor.org\/en-gb\/standard\/nf-en-iso-161406\/microbiology-of-the-food-chain-method-validation-part-6-protocol-for-the-va\/fa189734\/84400\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ISO 16140-6 : 2019<\/a> protocol for the validation of alternative methods<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Alternative methods for the screening\/quantification of veterinary drug residues in foodstuffs:<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nf-validation.afnor.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/NF102_Protocole-validation-AB_en.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NF VALIDATION protocol for rapid tests for antibiotics<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Useful links:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/europa.eu\/european-union\/topics\/food-safety_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/europa.eu\/european-union\/topics\/food-safety_en<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/agriculture.gouv.fr\/alimentation\/securite-sanitaire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/agriculture.gouv.fr\/alimentation\/securite-sanitaire<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cofrac.fr\/en\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.cofrac.fr\/en\/home<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cifl.com\/en\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/cifl.com\/en\/home\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The certification system for rapid methods of analysis is framed by reference documents. 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