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Scope

Standardization of biomolecular testing methods applied to foods, feeds, seeds and other propagules of food and feed crops including:

  • Methods that analyze nucleic acids [e.g., polymerase chain reaction (PCR), genotypic analysis and sequencing], proteins [e.g. enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)], and other suitable methods.
  • Variety identification and detection of plant pathogens.

*The scope does not include food microbiological methods.

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39

Published ISO standards *

13

ISO standards under development *

26
Participating members
20
Observing members

* number includes updates

Reference Title Type
ISO/TC 34/SC 16/JWG 11   Joint ISO/TC 34/SC 16 - ISO/TC 276 WG: Biobanking for agriculture and food production Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 16/JWG 12   Joint ISO/TC 34/SC 16 - ISO/TC 38 WG: Molecular biomarkers of agricultural fibers Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 16/WG 8   Meat speciation Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 16/WG 9   Subsampling of seeds and grains Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 16/WG 10   Rapid nucleic acid amplification methods Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 16/WG 13 Microarray detection Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 16/WG 14   Genetically engineered content detection and quantification Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 16/WG 15   Single laboratory validation of qualitative real time PCR Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 16/WG 16   Revision of ISO 16393 Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 16/WG 17 Plant species analyses in foodstuffs using DNA-based methods Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 16/WG 18   Next Generation Sequencing Reference Working group
Liaison Committees to ISO/TC 34/SC 16

The committees below can access the documents of ISO/TC 34/SC 16:

Reference Title ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29 Coding of audio, picture, multimedia and hypermedia information ISO/IEC
ISO/TC 34/SC 4 Cereals and pulses ISO
ISO/TC 34/SC 6 Meat, poultry, fish, eggs and their products ISO
ISO/TC 34/SC 9 Microbiology ISO
ISO/TC 38 Textiles ISO
ISO/TC 69/SC 6 Measurement methods and results ISO
ISO/TC 93 Starch (including derivatives and by-products) ISO
ISO/TC 212 Medical laboratories and in vitro diagnostic systems ISO
ISO/TC 276 Biotechnology ISO
ISO/TC 334 Reference materials ISO

 

Liaison Committees from ISO/TC 34/SC 16

ISO/TC 34/SC 16 can access the documents of the committees below:

Reference Title ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29 Coding of audio, picture, multimedia and hypermedia information ISO/IEC
ISO/TC 34/SC 4 Cereals and pulses ISO
ISO/TC 34/SC 6 Meat, poultry, fish, eggs and their products ISO
ISO/TC 34/SC 9 Microbiology ISO
ISO/TC 38 Textiles ISO
ISO/TC 69 Applications of statistical methods ISO
ISO/TC 69/SC 6 Measurement methods and results ISO
ISO/TC 93 Starch (including derivatives and by-products) ISO
ISO/TC 212 Medical laboratories and in vitro diagnostic systems ISO
ISO/TC 276 Biotechnology ISO
ISO/TC 334 Reference materials ISO

 

Organizations in liaison (Category A and B)
Acronym Title Category
AACC AACC International A
AOAC INTERNATIONAL AOAC INTERNATIONAL, Association of Analytical Communities A
AOCS American Oil Chemists' Society A
EC - European Commission European Commission A
EPPO European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization A
IPPC The International Plant Protection Convention A
ISTA International Seed Testing Association A
USP US Pharmacopeial Convention A

Organizations in liaison (Category C)

C liaisons participate at the level of a Working Group

Acronym Title Category
GOTS Global Organic Textile Standard C

ISO/TC 34/SC 16 - Secretariat

ANSI [United States]

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