ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 16140-3 First edition 2021-01 Microbiology of the food chain Method validation - Part 3: Protocol for the verification of reference methods and validated alternative methods in a single laboratory Microbiologie de la chaine alimentaireValidation des méthodes Partie 3: Protocole pour la vérification dans un seul laboratoire de méthodes de référence et de méthodes alternatives validées Reference number IS016140-3:2021(E) OS1 @ ISO 2021 IS0 16140-3:2021(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT IS02021 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, or required in the context of its implementation, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting below or ISo's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office CP 401 : Ch. de Blandonnet 8 CH-1214 Vernier, Geneva Phone: +41 22 749 01 11 Email: [email protected] Website: www.iso.org Published in Switzerland ii @ IS0 2021 - All rights reserved