Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs -- Horizontal method for the enumeration of mesophilic lactic acid bacteria -- Colony-count technique at 30 degrees C

This International Standard specifies a horizontal method for the enumeration of viable mesophilic lactic acid bacteria by counting the colonies growing in a solid medium after incubation at 30 °C for 3 days.

Subject to the limitations discussed in the introduction and in the note above, this International Standard is applicable to products intended for human consumption or animal foodstuffs.