BS ISO BRITISH STANDARD 8870:2006 Milk and milk-based productsDetection of thermonuclease produced by coagulase-positive staphylococci ICS 67.100.01 BSi NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAW British Standards BS ISO 8870:2006 National foreword This British Standard reproduces verbatimISO 8870:2006 and implements it as theUK national standard. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee AW/5, Milk and milk products, which has the responsibility to: aid enquirers to understand the text; present to the responsible international/European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep UK interests informed; monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK. A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary. Cross-references The British Standards which implement international publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Catalogue under the section entitled "International Standards Correspondence Index or by using the“Search" facility of the BSI Electronic Catalogue or of British Standards Online. This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal obligations. Summary of pages This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the ISO title page, pages ii to v, a blank page, pages 1 to 7 and a back cover. The BSI copyright notice displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued. This British Standard was Amendmentsissuedsincepublication published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Date Amd. No. Comments Strategy Committee on 31May2006 BSI 2006 ISBN0580483665 BSISO8870:2006 ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 8870 IDF 83 First edition 2006-05-01 Milkand milk-basedproducts Detectionofthermonucleaseproduced by coagulase-positive staphylococci Lait etproduitslaitiersRecherchedelathermonucleaseen provenancedesstaphylocoquesacoagulasepositive Reference numbers ISO 8870:2006(E) IDF 83:2006(E) ISO ii BSISO 8870:2006 Contents Page Foreword.. iv Foreword V 1 Scope 2 Normative references... 3 Terms and definitions 4 Principle.. 5 Culture media and reagents 6 Apparatus. 4 7 Sampling... .4 8 Procedure 6 Evaluation and interpretation. 10 Test report .6 Bibliography .... ili BSIS08870:2006 Foreword Iso (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies (isO member bodies).The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through InternationalElectrotechnicalCommission(lEC)onallmattersofelectrotechnicalstandardization International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/lEC Directives, Part 2 adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting. Publication as an International Standard requires approvalbyat least75%of the memberbodies casting a vote rights. IsO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. ISO8870jIDF83waspreparedbyTechnical CommitteeISO/TC34,Foodproducts,SubcommitteeSC5,Milk iv BSISO8870:2006 Foreword Standing Committees carrying out the technical work. IDF collaborates with ISO in the development of standard methods of analysis and sampling for milk and milk products. Draft International Standards adopted by the Action Teams and Standing Committees are circulated to the National Committees for voting.Publication as an International Standard requires approval by at least 5o % of IDFNational Committees castingavote. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. IDF shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. ISO 8870jIDF83 was prepared by the International Dai