GENERAL INTRODUCTION

Australian Standard methods for the microbiological examination of foods other than eggs and dairy products were first published in 1975 with the introduction of AS 1766, Methods for the microbiological examination of food, in response to a request from the National Health and Medical Research Council. The Standards were prepared by the Standards Australia Committee FT/4, Food Microbiology and new Standards have been added continually to the AS 1766 series.