DIN EN ISO 24276:2013-10

This document is an amendment to the International Standard ISO 24276 which specifies how to use the standards on nucleic acid extraction (ISO 21571), qualitative nucleic acid analysis (ISO 21569) and quantitative nucleic acid analysis (ISO/DIS 21570) and which outlines their relationship in the analysis of genetically modified organisms in foodstuffs. It contains general definitions, requirements and guidelines for: laboratory set-up, method validation requirements, description of methods, and test reports. This standard has been established for food matrices, but could also be applied to other matrices, e. g. seeds, feed and plant samples from the environment. In this amendment, - References to the other standards of the series of standards concerning GMO analysis of food were updated; - Some definitions were corrected and aligned to those which were already stipulated by other standards; - Figure 1 was corrected by inclusion of a missing step in the flow diagram; - Information on LOD and LOQ were clarified; - Footnote b to Table 1 in 5.1 was amended by the description, how an environment control can be carried out; - Requirements concerning expression of a negative, a positive and an ambiguous result were updated; - Requirements for the test report were amended; - Bibliographic references were updated.