Join our webinar on EN ISO 7704:2023, a mandatory standard that affects all ISO 17025 accredited laboratories performing microbiological analysis of water samples by membrane filtration. You will be informed about the new requirements of this recently published standard that has replaced EN ISO 7704:1985, and about solutions for your lab to meet the challenge.
EN ISO 7704:2023 specifies the requirements for performance testing of the membrane filters used to capture and directly enumerate microorganisms on solid media. It applies to the analysis of different water samples, including:
- Drinking water, bottled water, and other water samples with low expected counts of microorganisms
- Water with higher expected counts of microorganisms, for example, surface water or process water
The tests in the revised standard are designed to demonstrate the suitability of the entire system (membrane filter in combination with the culture medium) including the filtration step.
The webinar will also address different enumeration methods described by the IFU (International Fruit and Vegetable Juice Association) to carry out performance testing of membrane filters according to EN ISO 7704.
Part 1: Information about changes in the revised EN ISO 7704 versus the previous version.
Barbara Gerten
Senior Scientist and Convenor of ISO/TC 147/SC 4/WG 22 ‘Quality control of membrane filters
Part 2: Improved selectivity of Chromocult® Coliform agar in membrane filtration
Dr. Andreas Bubert
Senior Global Product Manager Culture Media
Part 3: External evaluation of our ready-to-use media and membrane filter kits.
Sam Santiago
Global Product Manager
Speakers
Barbara Gerten
Merck
Senior Scientist Traditional Microbiology
Barbara has over 30 years of industrial microbiology experience and is currently working in Regulatory Marketing at {hcmpany}. She is an active member in several national and international bodies addressing microbiological topics in ISO, CEN and IFU, including the ISO Working Groups ‘Sulfite reducing clostridia and C. perfringens’, ‘Method validation’ and ‘Culture media’.
Andreas Bubert, PhD
Merck
Senior Product Manager, Culture Media Food & Beverage
Andreas received a PhD in molecular microbiology for his research and diagnostics work on Listeria. He has over 24 years’ experience at Merck focusing on microbiological solutions for the food and beverage industries. He is a member of AOAC RI Advisory Council and has authored over 50 publications. .
Samuel Soriano Santiago
Merck
Global Product Manager
Sam is a graduate of Chemical Engineering and has more than 20 years of experience in the food and beverage industry and adjacent segments. He started with us in 2006 in the Philippines.
Food and beverage testing and manufacturing
- Microbiological analysis
Duration:1h
Language:English
Session 1:presented March 30, 2023
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