Standards for the food and agriculture sector ensure the safety, quality, and sustainability of food products and farming practices. Covering everything from machinery and production to packaging and traceability, they drive innovation, harmonize practices, and tackle global challenges like food security.

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Top standards

ISO 10315

Cigarettes — Determination of nicotine in smoke condensates — Gas-chromatographic method

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ISO 10273

Microbiology — General guidance for the detection of presumptive pathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica

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ISO 10272

Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for detection of thermotolerant Campylobacter

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ISO 10268

Earth-moving machinery — Retarders for dumpers and tractor-scrapers — Performance tests

Reviewed in 2021
CHF 43
ISO 10266

Earth-moving machinery — Determination of slope limits for machine fluid systems operation — Static test method

Published in 1992
CHF 43
ISO 10265

Earth-moving machinery — Crawler machines — Performance requirements and test procedures for braking systems

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