AS 1766.5-1994

1 - AS 1766.5-1994 FOOD MICROBIOLOGY - PREPARATION OF CULTURE MEDIA, DILUENTS AND REAGENTS
1 - PREFACE
1 - METHOD
1 - 1 SCOPE
1 - 2 REFERENCED DOCUMENT
1 - 3 HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS
2 - 4 REQUIREMENTS FOR INGREDIENTS
2 - 4.1 Agar
2 - 4.1.1 Description
2 - 4.1.2 Analysis and specifications
2 - 4.2 Beef extract
3 - 4.3 Bile salts
3 - 4.4 Bile salts No. 3
3 - 4.5 Sugars
3 - 4.6 Salts and general chemicals
3 - 4.7 Dyes
3 - 4.8 Peptone
3 - 4.9 Proteose peptone
3 - 4.10 Skim milk powder
3 - 4.11 Yeast extract
3 - 4.12 Water
3 - 5 FILTERING
3 - 5.1 Clearing agar media
3 - 5.2 Sterilization by filtration
3 - 6 pH OF MEDIA
4 - 7 STERILIZATION
4 - 8 COMMERCIAL MEDIA
4 - 9 QUALITY CONTROL OF CULTURE MEDIA
4 - 10 FORMULARY OF CULTURE MEDIA, DILUENTS AND REAGENTS

This Standard was prepared by the Standards Australia Committee on Food Microbiologyas part of a program to issue all Standards pertaining to the microbiological examinationof foods (including dairy products) in the series AS 1766.

This Standard sets out the formulations and procedures, and precautions to be followed, for the preparation of the culture media, diluents and reagents specified in this series of standard methods for the microbiological examination of foods.

First published in part as AS 1095.3A-1976.
AS 1766.5 first published 1982.
AS 1095.3A-1976 and AS 1766.5-1982 revised, amalgamated and designated AS 1766.5-1994.