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1 Report of the EURLs’ representatives on the 33rd meeting of ISO/TC34/SC9 and the 21st meeting of CEN/TC275/WG6 23 – 28 June 2014, Washington DC, USA

Report of the representatives of the EURL Salmonella (Kirsten Mooijman), EURLs Listeria monocytogenes (Nathalie Gnanou-Besse and Bertrand Lombard), Milk and Staphylococci (Bertrand Lombard), EURL Campylobacter (Ingrid Hansson), EURL on bivalve molluscs (Rachel Hartnell, CEN/TC275/WG6 only), EURL on Escherichia coli (Stefano Morabito and Rosangela Tozzoli, CEN/TC275/WG6 only) and EURL Parasites (Patrizia Rossi, ISO/TC34/SC9 only).

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[EURL Lm] Circular E-mail N°2014/16 - Information on annual meetings of ISO/TC 34/SC 9 & CEN/TC 275/WG 6

Dear Colleagues,
Please find enclosed the report of the EURL representatives to the annual plenary meetings of ISO/TC 34/SC 9 and
CEN/TC 275/WG 6, dealing with international and European standardization in food microbiology, which were held
in Washington DC last June. Resolutions/recommendations taken are also appended.
Nathalie GNAOU-BESSE and myself have represented EURL Lm.
To note in particular:
1. ISO meeting:
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LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES MOLECULAR SEROTYPING: AMPLIFICATION OF THE GENE FlaA

This document describes the method for the amplification of the gene coding for the
flagelline A. This method is an additional test to the molecular serotyping of Listeria
monocytogenes (MI CEB 13, based on the Doumith et al, 2004 method). This method can be
performed in parallel of the molecular serotyping (MI CEB 13) but is required for the strains
that could be “discordant” (groups IIa and IIc).
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