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).

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.

I have represented EURL CPS at these meetings.

To note in particular:

1.       ISO meeting:

Dear Colleagues,

Please find enclosed the report of the 8^th annual workshop of EURL/NRLs for CPS, which took place here from 4 to 6 June 2014.

Wishing you a good continuation of this summer,

With best regards,

Bertrand

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Dr Bertrand LOMBARD
Head of team "coordination of reference activities", manager of European Union-Reference Laboratories Listeria monocytogenes, Staphylococci and Milk

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.

I have represented EURL MMP at these meetings.

To note in particular for the ISO meeting: