The microbial indicators of microbial testing mainly include: total bacterial count, mold and yeast, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Salmonella, Candida albicans, Clostridium, Enterobacteriaceae, Gram negative bacteria, and bile tolerant Gram negative bacteria.
The regulations/standards used for microbiological testing include:
● European Pharmacopoeia (EP 2.6.12&2.6.13);
● British Pharmacopoeia (BP Appx. XVI B);
● United States Pharmacopoeia (USP61&62);
● Cosmetics Europe guidelines;
Cosmetics and Flavors Association (TFA).
Standard Number Standard Name
GB 4789.13 National Food Safety Standard - Microbiological Examination of Food - Examination of Clostridium perfringens
GB 4789.38 National Food Safety Standard - Microbiological Examination of Food - Enumeration of Escherichia coli
GB 4789.3 National Food Safety Standard - Microbiological Examination of Food - Coliform Count
GB 4789.7 National Food Safety Standard - Microbiological Examination of Food - Examination of Vibrio parahaemolyticus
GB 4789.7 National Food Safety Standard - Microbiological Examination of Food - Examination of Vibrio parahaemolyticus
GB 4789.26 National Food Safety Standard - Microbiological Testing of Food - Commercial Sterility Testing
GB 4789.34 National Food Safety Standard for Microbiological Examination of Food - Identification of Bifidobacterium
GB 4789.5 National Food Safety Standard - Microbiological Examination of Food - Examination of Shigella
GB 4789.30 National Food Safety Standard Microbiological Examination of Food Hygiene Examination of Listeria monocytogenes
GB 4789.30 National Food Safety Standard Microbiological Examination of Food Hygiene Examination of Listeria monocytogenes
GB 4789.10 National Food Safety Standard Microbiological Examination of Food Hygiene Examination of Staphylococcus aureus
GB 4789.2 National Food Safety Standard Microbiological Examination of Food Hygiene - Determination of Total Colony Count
GB 4789.15 National Food Safety Standard Microbiological Examination of Food Hygiene - Count of Mold and Yeast
GB 4789.35 National Food Safety Standard Microbiological Examination of Food Hygiene Examination of Lactic Acid Bacteria in Lactic Acid Bacteria Beverages
GB 4789.4 National Food Safety Standard Microbiological Examination of Food Hygiene Salmonella Examination
GB 4789.4 National Food Safety Standard Microbiological Examination of Food Hygiene Salmonella Examination
GB 4789.40 National Food Safety Standard - Microbiological Examination of Food - Examination of Enterobacter sakazakii
ISO/TS 21872-1 Microbiology of Food and Animal Feed - Parallel Method for the Detection of Potential Intestinal Pathogenic Vibrio Species - Part 1: Detection of Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio cholerae
ISO/TS 21872-2 Microbiology of Food and Animal Feed - Parallel Method for the Detection of Potential Intestinal Pathogenic Vibrio Species - Part 2: Detection of Other Species Other than Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio cholerae
ISO 4832 Microbiology of Food and Animal Feed - Horizontal Method for Colony Count of Escherichia coli - Microbial Count Techniques
ISO 11290-1 Microbiology of food and animal feed - Horizontal method for the detection and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes - Part 1: Detection methods
GB/T 4789.16 Microbiological Examination of Food Hygiene - Identification of Common Toxicogenic Fungi
GB/T 4789.36 Microbiological Examination of Food Hygiene - Examination of Escherichia coli O157: H7/NM
GB/T 4789.3 Microbiological Examination of Food Hygiene - Determination of Coliform Group
GB/T 4789.32 Microbiological Examination of Food Hygiene - Rapid Detection of Coliforms
GB/T 4789.14 Microbiological Examination of Food Hygiene Examination of Bacillus cereus
GB/T 4789.23 Microbiological Examination of Food Hygiene - Examination of Cold Food Vegetables and Bean Products
GB/T 4789.11 Microbiological Examination of Food Hygiene Examination of Streptococcus Hemolyticus
GB/T 4789.27 Microbiological Examination of Food Hygiene - Determination of Antibiotic Residues in Fresh Milk
GB/T 4789.6 Microbiological Examination of Food Hygiene - Examination of Escherichia coli causing diarrhea
ISO 21528-1 Microbiology of Food and Animal Feed - Horizontal Method for Detection and Enumeration of Enterobacteriaceae - Part 1: MPN Technique and Preconcentration Detection and Enumeration
GB/T 7918.2 Standard Test Methods for Microbiology in Cosmetics - Determination of Total Bacterial Count
GB/T 7918.3 Microbiological Standard Test Methods for Cosmetics - Fecal Coliform Group
GB/T 7918.4 Standard Test Methods for Microbiology in Cosmetics - Pseudomonas aeruginosa
GB/T 7918.5 Microbiological Standard Test Methods for Cosmetics - Staphylococcus aureus
GB 4789.3 National Food Safety Standard - Microbiological Examination of Food - Coliform Count
GB 4789.2 National Food Safety Standard - Microbiological Examination of Food - Determination of Total Colony Count