# ISO 4121:1987 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards

For ISO 4121:1987, item title is Sensory analysis — Methodology — Evaluation of food products by methods using scales; status code is 9599; successor is ISO 4121:2003 | ISO/CD 4121; withdrawn / published date is 1987-12-17, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05.

- **Identifier:** ISO 4121:1987 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Item title:** Sensory analysis — Methodology — Evaluation of food products by methods using scales _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Successor:** ISO 4121:2003 | ISO/CD 4121
- **Withdrawn / published date:** 1987-12-17 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 9871,IS,,ISO 4121:1987,Sensory analysis — Methodology — Evaluation of food products by methods using scales,Analyse sensorielle — Méthodologie — Évaluation des produits alimentaires par des méthodes utilisant des échelles,1987-12-17,1,['67.240'],ISO/TC 34/SC 12,9599,,"[33817,20874]","['en','fr']",7,"<p>Three sections are given: 1. guidance and general conditions for two types of test; 2. tests using interval or ratio scales, for the evaluation of food products by the allocation of scores; 3. tests used evaluating specific food products, consisting of classifying these products as a whole or by their particular attributes, using ordinal scales, by means of a score or expression.</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.
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