Journal of Food Hygiene and Safety (한국식품위생안전성학회지)

The Korean Society of Food Hygiene and Safety (한국식품위생안전성학회)
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Guidelines for Microbiological Standards of Food in Foreign Countries

제외국의 식품안전관련 미생물 정량기준 가이드라인

  • Lee, Mi-Seon (Department of Food & Nutritional Sciences, Ewha Womans University) ;
  • Woo, Gun-Jo (Division of Food Microbiology, Korea Food & Drug Adminstration) ;
  • Park, Jong-Seok (Division of Food Microbiology, Korea Food & Drug Adminstration) ;
  • Lee, Dong-Ha (Division of Food Standardization, Korea Food & Drug Adminstration) ;
  • Oh, Sang-Suk (Department of Food & Nutritional Sciences, Ewha Womans University)
  • 이미선 (이화여자대학교 식품영양학과) ;
  • 우건조 (식품의약품안전청 식품미생물과) ;
  • 박종석 (식품의약품안전청 식품미생물과) ;
  • 이동하 (식품의약품안전청 식품규격화) ;
  • 오상석 (이화여자대학교 식품영양학과)
  • Published : 2004.09.01
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Abstract

It has been recognized that international food standards should be considered for a long time. The Codex Alimentarius programme initiated in the early 1960s has received valuable background documentation from the ICMSF (International Commission on Microbiological Specification for Foods) and also from ISO(the International Organization for Standardization). There has been a considerable move towards international harmonization of standards and methods of analysis. Many foreign countries recommend the guidelines for food microbiological standards quantitatively. To complement microbiological limits and tolerance levels for permissible number of defective samples, allowances should be made for sampling and other variations in laboratory methods. It may be necessary for guidelines of domestic food microbiological standards to be established so that the domestic food standards can be harmonized with foreign food standards. Food safety related microbiological guidelines of ICMSF, EU (European Union), UK (United Kingdom), China (Hong Kong) and Japan were reviewed and shown in examples.

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