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Who are the MicroVal Members?

MicroVal

MicroVal is an international certification organisation for the validation and approval of alternative methods for the microbiological analysis of food and beverages. MicroVal facilitates validation and certification against ISO 16140-2:2016, ISO 16140-6:2019 and other validation standards.

A MicroVal Certificate shows that a proprietary method performs equally well as the (internationally standardised) reference method.

60+ MicroVal certificates
17 test kit manufacturers in Europe, North America and Asia
First certificate issued in 2007
30+ international experts involved
Validation process based on EN-ISO 16140-2 and EN-ISO 16140-6
Driven by European Commission Regulation (EC) 2073/2005
Secretariat provided by NEN, the Dutch standardization institute

How to get your test kit certified?

Certification consists of steps that are laid down in the MicroVal rules. This ensures standardized processed and evaluation.

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Issued Certificates

MicroVal issued more than 50 certificates. Here you can find an overview of all MicroVal certificates.

MicroVal expert Labs

MicroVal studies are performed by MicroVal reviewed expert laboratories. A test kit manufacturer can select one of these eight labs.

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Aug 30th
2024

Microval welcomes three new MicroVal Technical Committee Members

MicroVal (NEN) is happy to welcome three new members of the MicroVal Technical Committee (MVTC). They are Eva van Hees (TLR International Laboratories), Guodong Zhang (FDA), and K...

Aug 28th
2024

Three One Plate certificates issued

MicroVal has approved issuing three certificates for One Plate by Neogen Cooperation. Campden BRI has carried out these validation studies of this alternative method based on ISO ...

Aug 26th
2024

MicroVal at the AOAC INTERNATIONAL 2024 Annual Meeting & Exposition

We are excited to announce that MicroVal will be hosting a session at the AOAC INTERNATIONAL 2024 Annual Meeting & Exposition in Baltimore, USA. Curious about what MicroVal...