This Standard sets out a protocol that may be used to determine whether an alternate enumeration method will yield an equivalent result to an Australian Standard food microbiology method (AS 5013 series).
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1 An example of such methods is the standard plate count or enumeration of coagulase positive staphylococci.
2 This Standard is not intended to replace the requirement for full validation for methods that have not previously been validated, for example, under the auspices of AOAC International,AFNOR, etc, or for the determination of equivalence of a standard method used with a matrix outside the scope of the methods initial validation.
