# ISO 18593:2004 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards

For ISO 18593:2004, item title is Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal methods for sampling techniques from surfaces using contact plates and swabs; status code is 9599; successor is ISO 18593:2018; withdrawn / published date is 2004-06-11, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05.

- **Identifier:** ISO 18593:2004 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Item title:** Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal methods for sampling techniques from surfaces using contact plates and swabs _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Successor:** ISO 18593:2018
- **Withdrawn / published date:** 2004-06-11 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 39849,IS,,ISO 18593:2004,Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal methods for sampling techniques from surfaces using contact plates and swabs,"Microbiologie des aliments — Méthodes horizontales pour les techniques de prélèvement sur des surfaces, au moyen de boîtes de contact et d'écouvillons",2004-06-11,1,['07.100.30'],ISO/TC 34/SC 9,9599,,[64950],"['en','fr']",8,"<p>ISO 18593:2004 specifies horizontal methods for sampling techniques using contact plates or swabs on surfaces in the food industry environment (and food processing plants), with a view of detecting or enumerating viable microorganisms.</p>"

## 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Part of [Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards](https://referencesource.org/iso-standard-supersessions/).