# ISO 20838:2006 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards

For ISO 20838:2006, item title is Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the detection of food-borne pathogens — Requirements for amplification and detection for qualitative methods; status code is 9599; successor is ISO 22174:2024; withdrawn / published date is 2006-04-06, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05.

- **Identifier:** ISO 20838:2006 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Item title:** Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the detection of food-borne pathogens — Requirements for amplification and detection for qualitative methods _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Successor:** ISO 22174:2024
- **Withdrawn / published date:** 2006-04-06 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 39761,IS,,ISO 20838:2006,Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the detection of food-borne pathogens — Requirements for amplification and detection for qualitative methods,Microbiologie des aliments — Réaction de polymérisation en chaîne (PCR) pour la détection des micro-organismes pathogènes dans les aliments — Exigences relatives à l'amplification et à la détection pour les méthodes qualitatives,2006-04-06,1,['07.100.30'],ISO/TC 34/SC 9,9599,,[81777],"['en','fr','ru']",7,"<p>ISO 20838:2006 provides the overall framework for qualitative methods for the detection of food-borne pathogens using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). </p><p>It covers

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Part of [Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards](https://referencesource.org/iso-standard-supersessions/).