# ISO/TS 20836:2005 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards For ISO/TS 20836:2005, item title is Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the detection of food-borne pathogens — Performance testing for thermal cyclers; status code is 9599; successor is ISO/PWI 20836 | ISO 20836:2021; withdrawn / published date is 2005-08-19, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05. - **Identifier:** ISO/TS 20836:2005 _(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 — Performance testing for thermal cyclers _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Successor:** ISO/PWI 20836 | ISO 20836:2021 - **Withdrawn / published date:** 2005-08-19 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ ## What the source says > 39759,TS,,ISO/TS 20836:2005,Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the detection of food-borne pathogens — Performance testing for thermal cyclers,Microbiologie des aliments — Réaction de polymérisation en chaîne (PCR) pour la recherche de micro-organismes pathogènes dans les aliments — Essais de performance des thermocycleurs,2005-08-19,1,['07.100.30'],ISO/TC 34/SC 9,9599,,"[65686,75434]","['en','fr']",13,"
ISO/TS 20836:2005 provides basic requirements for the installation, performance and maintenance of thermal cyclers. Although thermal cyclers are robust technical equipment, they do require regular maintenance. Their cooling/heating elements ## 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 Part of [Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards](https://referencesource.org/iso-standard-supersessions/).