Regulations:
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 General principles and requirements of food law (click here)
Guidance:
ISO 16140-1:2016 Microbiology of the food chain – Method validation – Part 1: Vocabulary (click here)
ISO 16140-2:2016 Microbiology of the food chain – Method validation – Part 2: Protocol for the validation of alternative (proprietary) methods against a reference method (click here)
ISO 16140-3:2021 Microbiology of the food chain – Method validation – Part 3: Protocol for the verification of reference methods and validated alternative methods in a single laboratory (click here).