What accreditation does the WASP carry?
SPIRAL PLATING APPROVAL The spiral plate count method for microorganisms in milk, foods and cosmetics is an official method of the American Public Health Association (APHA), the Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC) and the British Standards Institute (BSI). Detailed reference to these methods can be provided. References: 1. American Public Health Association (1984) Compendium of Methods for the Microbiological Examination of Foods, 2nd Ed. APHA, Washington DC 2. Association of Official Analytical Chemists (1990) Official Methods of Analysis, 15th ed. AOAC, Arlington, VA, USA 3. Microbiological examination for dairy purpose. Part 2. Methods of general application for enumeration of microorganisms. Section 2.3 Enumeration of microorganisms by surface plate technique for colony count. 4. AFNOR (France) Spiral Plating is recognised as standard VO8-100 under programme no 59 of the AFNOR accreditation for food microbiology. The methods for TVC and total coliforms have been accr
