ISO 7002 explained

Titled as Agricultural food products—Layout for a standard method of sampling from a lot, the document provides a rule-based guidance on drafting a sampling method of agricultural food products for intended users. Except for milk products which ISO 707:1997 covers, the typical examples of the standards regulated by this document are

• ISO 3100-1:1991 Meat and meat products—Sampling and preparation of test samples—Part 1: Sampling
• ISO 6670:2002 Instant coffee—Sampling method for bulk units with liners
• ISO 13690:1999 Cereals, pulses and milled products—Sampling of static batches (bulk grain with a depth of 3 m)
• ISO 6644:2002 Flowing cereals and milled cereal products—Automatic sampling by mechanical means (bulk grain with a depth between 3–12 m)

The process of sampling is an important factor that determines a final result of an analyte, and therefore ISO 17025 uses it as one of the criteria for laboratory accreditation.^[1] The ISO 7002 has been commented by many users ever since its release ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

See also

• Food safety
• ISO 874
• ISO 2859
• ISO 3951
• ISO 5667 - contains the guidances of water sampling for food industries
• ISO 6206
• ISO 8213
• List of ISO standards

External links

• ISO 7002:1986

Notes and References

1. Web site: United Kingdom Accreditation Service. Accreditation for Chemical Laboratories. 27 February 2008. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20050310060142/http://www.ukas.com/Library/downloads/publications/LAB27.PDF. 10 March 2005.
2. Web site: CORESTA. Report of the CORESTA task force - genetically modified tobacco: detection methods. 27 February 2008. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20050906164839/http://www.coresta.org/Reports/GMREP-1999-1.pdf. 6 September 2005.
3. Web site: . Sampling and Detection Methods for Products of Modern Agricultural Biotechnology in NAFTA Countries . 27 February 2008 .
4. Web site: . Proposed draft CODEX general guidelines on sampling (Agenda Item 4) . 1997 . 27 February 2008 .
5. Web site: Codex Alimentarius Commission . Report of the 19th session of the CODEX committee on methods of analysis and sampling . 1995 . 27 February 2008 .