# ISO 7218:1996 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards

For ISO 7218:1996, item title is Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — General rules for microbiological examinations; status code is 9599; successor is ISO 7218:2007; withdrawn / published date is 1996-02-15, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05.

- **Identifier:** ISO 7218:1996 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Item title:** Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — General rules for microbiological examinations _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Successor:** ISO 7218:2007
- **Withdrawn / published date:** 1996-02-15 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 13855,IS,,ISO 7218:1996,Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — General rules for microbiological examinations,Microbiologie des aliments — Règles générales pour les examens microbiologiques,1996-02-15,2,['07.100.30'],ISO/TC 34/SC 9,9599,[13854],[36534],"['en','fr']",43,"<p>Gives general instructions for carrying out microbiological examinations in accordance with specific standards. The purpose is to help to ensure the validity of the examinations, to ascertain that the general techniques used for conducting these examinations are the same in all laboratories. May be used wholly or partly for the accreditation of a test laboratory by national organizations.</p>"

## Source

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Last verified: 2026-08-05. Review by: 2027-02-01.
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