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Microbiologist examining a petri dish with agar, searching for the presence of pathogenic bacteria, adhering to ISO 6887-3:2017.
ANSI | Food Safety

ISO 6887-3:2017—Fish And Fishery Products

ByAlexandra Schirn August 13, 2024May 21, 2025

According to the CDC, raw or undercooked fish can cause about 1.2 million illnesses, 23,000 hospitalizations, and 450 deaths each year in the United States. In…

Food quality control expert inspecting at meat specimen in the laboratory adhering to microbiological testing in ISO 6887-2:2017.
ANSI | Food Safety

ISO 6887-2:2017—Meat And Meat Products

ByAlexandra Schirn May 23, 2024June 4, 2025

Meat testing helps prevent and detect public health hazards in meat—including chemical contaminants and foodborne pathogens. By identifying harmful microorganisms in food products, microbiology testing…

Close up of a child playing with green slime that adheres to microbiological testing for toys in ISO 8124-12:2023.
ANSI | Toy Safety

ISO 8124-12:2023— Microbiological Safety of Toys

ByAlexandra Schirn May 3, 2024May 21, 2025

Contaminated toys could infect children and put them at risk to getting a disease. Toy testing is therefore an essential part of the toy manufacturing…

Medical instruments inserted into the autoclave for ethylene oxide (EO) sterilization process that adheres to AAMI TIR16:2023.
ANSI | Medical Devices | Sterilization

AAMI TIR16:2023—Ethylene Oxide Sterilization

ByAlexandra Schirn March 12, 2024June 4, 2025

Ethylene oxide (EO or EtO) gas is one of the most common ways to sterilize medical devices, as approximately 50% of sterile medical devices are treated…

Researcher performing microbiological examinations on meat that adhere to ISO 6887-1:2017.
ANSI | Food Safety

ISO 6887-1:2017—Initial Suspension And Decimal Dilutions

ByAlexandra Schirn June 16, 2023May 21, 2025

While many microbes are harmless to humans, others can cause serious problems. They can spoil food, introduce toxins, cause disease, etc. The importance of microbiological…

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