ISO/TS 27265 | IDF/RM 228: 2026 – Heat-processed milk and dried milk products — Enumeration of thermoresistant spores of thermophilic bacteria

This document specifies methods for the enumeration of thermoresistant spores of thermophilic bacteria in heat-processed milk and dried milk products by using a colony count technique at 55 °C after heating the sample at 106 °C or 100 °C. The applicability of this document is limited to heat-processed milk including pasteurized, ultra-high temperature (UHT) processed […]

ISO 9877 | IDF 258: 2026 – Milk and milk products — Determination of ash

This document specifies a method for the determination of the ash content in milk, milk powder, whey powder, whey protein concentrate, infant formula, milk permeate powder and milk protein concentrate. NOTE: For the determination of ash (“fixed ash”) of caseins and caseinates, see ISO 5544 | IDF 89.

ISO 16958 | IDF 231: 2026 – Milk, milk products, infant formula and adult nutritionals — Determination of fatty acids composition — Capillary gas chromatographic method

This document specifies a method for the quantification of individual and/or all fatty acids content in the profile of milk, milk products, infant formula and adult nutritional formula, containing milk fat and/or vegetable oils, supplemented or not supplemented with oils rich in long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFA). This also includes groups of fatty acids […]

ISO 7889 | IDF 117: 2026 – Yoghurt — Enumeration of characteristic microorganisms — Colony-count technique

This document specifies a method for the enumeration of the characteristic microorganisms Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus (in short: L. bulgaricus) and Streptococcus thermophilus (in short: S. thermophilus) by means of the colony-count technique. The method is applicable to yoghurts (for the definition see CXS 243‑2003[7]). The colony-count technique (pour plates) is suitable for, but not […]

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ISO 29981 | IDF 220: 2024 – Milk products — Enumeration of bifidobacteria — Colony-count technique

This document specifies a method for the selective enumeration of bifidobacteria in milk products by using a colony-count technique at 37 °C under anaerobic conditions.The method is applicable to milk products, such as fermented (e.g. yoghurts) and non-fermented milks (e.g. pasteurized milks, skim milks, whey protein concentrates), milk powders and formulae (e.g. infant formulae, follow-up […]

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