# ISO 6579:1993 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards For ISO 6579:1993, item title is Microbiology — General guidance on methods for the detection of Salmonella; status code is 9599; successor is ISO 6579:2002; withdrawn / published date is 1993-09-02, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05. - **Identifier:** ISO 6579:1993 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Item title:** Microbiology — General guidance on methods for the detection of Salmonella _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Successor:** ISO 6579:2002 - **Withdrawn / published date:** 1993-09-02 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ ## What the source says > 12985,IS,,ISO 6579:1993,Microbiology — General guidance on methods for the detection of Salmonella,Microbiologie — Directives générales concernant les méthodes de recherche des Salmonella,1993-09-02,3,['07.100.30'],ISO/TC 34/SC 9,9599,"[12983,12984]",[29315],"['en','fr']",16,"

The methods proposed necessitate four successive stages: pre-enrichment in non-selective liquid medium, enrichment in selective liquid media, plating out and recognition, confirmation. Annex A gives a diagram of the procedure, annex B describes composition and preparation of culture media and reagents, annex C specifies brilliant green.

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