Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Principle
4.1 General
4.2 Pre-enrichment in non-selective liquid medium
4.3 Enrichment in selective liquid media
4.4 Plating out and identification
4.5 Confirmation of identity
5 Culture media, reagents and sera
5.1 General
5.2 Culture media and reagents
5.3 Sera
6 Apparatus and glassware
7 Sampling
8 Preparation of test sample
9 Procedure
9.1 Test portion and initial suspension
9.2 Non-selective pre-enrichment
9.3 Selective enrichment
9.4 Plating out and identification
9.5 Confirmation
10 Expression of results
11 Test report
12 Quality assurance
Annex A (normative) Diagram of procedure
Annex B (normative) Composition and preparation of culture
media and reagents
Annex C (informative) Results of interlaboratory trial
Annex D (normative) Detection of Salmonella spp. in animal
faeces and in environmental samples from
the primary production stage
Bibliography
Annex ZA (normative) Normative references to international
publications with their relevant European
publications