# ISO 17604:2003 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards For ISO 17604:2003, item title is Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Carcass sampling for microbiological analysis; status code is 9599; successor is ISO 17604:2015; withdrawn / published date is 2003-09-01, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05. - **Identifier:** ISO 17604:2003 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Item title:** Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Carcass sampling for microbiological analysis _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Successor:** ISO 17604:2015 - **Withdrawn / published date:** 2003-09-01 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ ## What the source says > 33146,IS,,ISO 17604:2003,Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Carcass sampling for microbiological analysis,Microbiologie des aliments — Prélèvement d'échantillons sur des carcasses en vue de leur analyse microbiologique,2003-09-01,1,['07.100.30'],ISO/TC 34/SC 9,9599,[8245],[62769],"['en','fr']",14,"
ISO 17604:2003 specifies sampling methods for the detection and enumeration of microorganisms on the carcass surface of freshly slaughtered (red) meat animals. The microbiological sampling can be carried out as part of the process control (and to verify process control) in slaughter establishments for cattle, horses, pigs, sheep, goats and game raised in captivity, risk-based assur ## Source - https://isopublicstorageprod.blob.core.windows.net/opendata/_latest/iso_deliverables_metadata/csv/iso_deliverables_metadata.csv Last verified: 2026-08-05. Review by: 2027-02-01. Part of [Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards](https://referencesource.org/iso-standard-supersessions/).