TABLE 2. Resources for developing microbiological testing programs (cont.) General Topic Method Validation Document Link ISO 16140-1:2016-Microbiology of the Food chain- Method validation-Part 1: Vocabulary https://www.iso.org/news/2016/06/Ref2093.html ISO 16140-2:2016-Microbiology of the Food chain-Method validation-Part 2: Protocol for the validation of alternative (proprietary) methods against a reference method https://www.iso.org/news/2016/06/Ref2093.html ISO 17468:2016-Microbiology of the Food chain- Technical requirements and guidance on establishment https://www.iso.org/standard/59858.html or revision of a standardized reference method ISO/IEC 17025:2017 General requirements for the competence of testing https://www.iso.org/standard/66912.html and calibration laboratories https://www.fda.gov/food/laboratory-methodsBacteriological Analytical Manual (BAM) food/bacteriological-analytical-manual-bam https://www.fda.gov/food/laboratory-methodsFDA's Compendium of Analytical Laboratory food/compendium-analytical-laboratory-methodsMethods for Food and Feed Safety Standard food-and-feed-safety Microbiological https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/ Methods science/laboratories-and-procedures/guidebooksUSDA Microbiology Laboratory Guidebook and-methods/microbiology-laboratory-guidebook/ microbiology-laboratory-guidebook EPA Clean Water Act Analytical Methods https://www.epa.gov/cwa-methods American Spice Trade Association's Clean, Safe, Spices https://www.astaspice.org/food-safety/clean-safeGuidance Document (2017) spices-guidance-document/ Trade Association Documents Surrogates Sampling American Frozen Food Institute Listeria Control Program (a collection of resources for environmental monitoring, https://affifoodsafety.org/lcp/advanced-search/ sanitation, and more, many of which have general applicability to non-frozen foods) Grocery Manufacturers Association's Control of Salmonella in Low-moisture Foods Guidance Document (2009) https://www.gmaonline.org/downloads/technicalguidance-and-tools/SalmonellaControlGuidance.pdf Hu, M., and J. B. Gurtler. 2017. Selection of Surrogate Bacteria for Use in Food Safety Challenge Studies: A Review. J. Food Prot. 80:1506. https://jfoodprotection.org/action/showCitFormats? doi=10.4315%2F0362-028X.JFP-16-536 Xu, A., and R. L. Buchanan. 2019. Evaluation of sampling methods for the detection of pathogenic bacteria on pre-harvest leafy greens. Food Microbiol. 77:137. International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods (ICMSF). 2018. Microorganisms in Foods 7. Microbiological testing in food safety management. Second edition. Springer International Publishing. Special issue (March/April 2015) of Journal of AOAC International that contains a series of reviews on representative sampling of food and feed materials https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/ S0740002017303258 https://www.springer.com/gp/ book/9783319684581 https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/aoac/ jaoac/2015/00000098/00000002 (Continued on next page) May/June Food Protection Trends 213https://www.iso.org/news/2016/06/Ref2093.html https://www.iso.org/news/2016/06/Ref2093.html https://www.iso.org/standard/59858.html https://www.iso.org/standard/66912.html https://www.fda.gov/food/laboratory-methods-food/bacteriological-analytical-manual-bam https://www.fda.gov/food/laboratory-methods-food/bacteriological-analytical-manual-bam https://www.fda.gov/food/science-research-food/laboratory-methods-food https://www.fda.gov/food/science-research-food/laboratory-methods-food https://www.fda.gov/food/science-research-food/laboratory-methods-food https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/science/laboratories-and-procedures/guidebooks-and-methods/microbiology-laboratory-guidebook/microbiology-laboratory-guidebook https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/science/laboratories-and-procedures/guidebooks-and-methods/microbiology-laboratory-guidebook/microbiology-laboratory-guidebook https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/science/laboratories-and-procedures/guidebooks-and-methods/microbiology-laboratory-guidebook/microbiology-laboratory-guidebook https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/science/laboratories-and-procedures/guidebooks-and-methods/microbiology-laboratory-guidebook/microbiology-laboratory-guidebook https://www.epa.gov/cwa-methods https://www.astaspice.org/food-safety/clean-safe-spices-guidance-document/ https://www.astaspice.org/food-safety/clean-safe-spices-guidance-document/ https://www.affifoodsafety.org/lcp/advanced-search/ https://consumerbrandsassociation.org/ https://consumerbrandsassociation.org/ https://meridian.allenpress.com/action/showCitFormats https://meridian.allenpress.com/action/showCitFormats https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0740002017303258 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0740002017303258 https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319684581 https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319684581 https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/aoac/jaoac/2015/00000098/00000002 https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/aoac/jaoac/2015/00000098/00000002