| AFNOR |
Association Francaise de Normalisation |
| APHA |
American Public Health Association (Standard Methods for the Examination of Dairy Products) |
| APHA |
American Public Health Association (Compendium of Methods for the Microbiological Examination of Foods) |
| APHA |
American Public Health Association (Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater) |
| AWWA |
American Water Works Association ((Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater) |
| AOAC |
Association of Official Analytical Chemists |
| API |
American Petroleum Institute (Recommended Practice for biological analysis of subsurface injection water) |
| ASM |
American Society for Microbiology |
| BS |
British Standard |
| DAB |
Deutsches Arzneimittelbuch |
| DIN 10110 |
Deusches Institut fur Normung: Microbiologische Fleischuntersuchung Bestimmung der E. coli |
| DIN 38411 |
Deutsches Institut fur Normung: Deutesche Einheitsverfahren zur wasser, abwasser |
| DGHM |
Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Hygiene und Mikrobiologie |
| EBC |
European Brewery Convention |
| CE 98/83 |
Direttiva Europea 98/83 sulla qualità dell’acqua per uso umano |
| EP |
European Pharmacopeia |
| EPA |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| FDA |
U.S. Federal Drug Administration |
| HMSO |
Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. Department of Health and Social Security |
| ICUMSA |
International Commission for Uniform Methods of Sugar Analysis |
| IDF |
International Dairy Federation |
| IFU |
International Federation of Fruit Juice Producers |
| ISO 6222 |
ISO for Water Quality Standardisation (Viable micro-organisms enumeration) |
| ISO 6579 |
ISO Reference method for salmonella |
| ISO 7704 |
ISO Water quality for evaluation by filter membrane |
| ISO 7899-2 |
ISO Water Quality ( Enumeration of enterococcus) |
| ISO 8199 |
ISO Water Quality (Micro-organisms enumeration by culture) |
| ISO 9308-1 |
ISO Water Quality (E.coli and coliform enumeration) |
| ISO 16266 |
ISO Water Quality (P. aeruginosa enumeration) |
| NCA |
National Canner Association (Laboratory Manual for the Canning Industry) |
| USDA |
U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| WEF |
Water Environment Federation ((Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater) |
