DIN Standards Committee Food and Agricultural Products
DIN EN ISO 19020
Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the immunoenzymatic detection of staphylococcal enterotoxins in foodstuffs (ISO 19020:2017); German version EN ISO 19020:2017
Mikrobiologie der Lebensmittelkette - Horizontales Verfahren für den immunenzymatischen Nachweis von Staphylokokken-Enterotoxinen in Lebensmitteln (ISO 19020:2017); Deutsche Fassung EN ISO 19020:2017
Overview
This document specifies a screening method for the detection of staphylococcal enterotoxins SEA, SEB, SECs, SED and SEE in foodstuffs. It consists of two main steps: a) extraction followed by a concentration based on dialysis principle; and b) an immunoenzymatic detection using commercially available detection kits. This document is applicable to the screening of staphylococcal enterotoxins SEA to SEE in products intended for human consumption. Other staphylococcal enterotoxins such as types SEG, SEH, SEI, SER, SES and SET can also cause illness. Due to the lack of commercially available detection kits, this document is applicable only to types SEA to SEE, but may apply to other types of toxins, subject to validation of the method. The responsible committee for this standard is NA 057-01-06 AA "Mikrobiologie der Lebensmittelkette" ("Microbiology of the food chain") at DIN Standards Committee Food and Agricultural Products.
Responsible national committee
NA 057-01-06 AA - Microbiology of the food chain
Responsible european committee
CEN/TC 463 - Microbiology of the food chain
