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Water for processed food industry Top
Specific tests or types of tests performed Standard method or technique used Range of testing/ Minimum Limit of detection
Coliforms IS: 1622- 1981
(Reaffirmed 1996) Reaffirmed 2003
=1 MPN / 100ml
Standard Plate Count IS: 1622- 1981
(Reaffirmed 1996) Reaffirmed 2003
=1 cfu/ml
APHA 21st Edition 2005, 9215 B
=1 cfu/ml
Proteolytic and Lipolytic Count IS: 4251- 1967
(Reaffirmed 1992) Reaffirmed 2003
=1 cfu/ml
 
Drinking water Top
Specific tests or types of tests performed Standard method or technique used Range of testing/ Minimum Limit of detection
Total Coliforms IS: 1622- 1981
(Reaffirmed 1996) Reaffirmed 2003
1 MPN / 100ml
APHA 21st Edition 2005, 9221 B, 9221 C, 9221 E <1.1 MPN /100ml
E.coli IS: 1622- 1981
(Reaffirmed 1996) Reaffirmed 2003
Absent/Present /100 ml
APHA 21st Edition 2005,9221 B, 9221 E, 9221 F Absent/Present/100 ml
Total Plate Count IS: 1622:1981 Reaffirmed 1996 Reaffirmed 2003
APHA 21st Edition 9215 B & C
=1 cfu/ml

=1 cfu/ml

Fecal Streptococci IS 1622:1981 =1cfu/ml
< 1.1MPN/100ml
APHA 21st Edition 9230C 2005 =1cfu / 100 ml
Vibrio Cholerae 9260H, APHA 21st Edition 2005 Presence/Absence /100mL
 

Packaged Drinking water

Top
Specific tests or types of tests performed Standard method or technique used Range of testing/ Minimum Limit of detection
E.coli IS: 5887 (Part 1)- 1976
(Reaffirmed 2000),
IS 15185: 2002
Absent/Present/ 250ml
Coliform IS 5401 (Part 1) 2002
IS 15185: 2002
Absent/Present/ 250ml
Faecal Streptococci

IS: 5887 (Part 2)-1976
(Reaffirmed 2000)
IS 15186: 2002
Absent/Present/ 250ml
Staphylococcus aureus IS: 5887 (Part 2)-1976
(Reaffirmed 2000)/
IS 15186: 2002
Absent/Present/ 250ml
Sulphite reducing anaerobes IS: 13428- 1998 (Annex C) Absent/Present/ 50ml
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IS: 13428- 1998
(Annex D)
Absent/Present/ 250ml
Aerobic microbial count IS: 14543: 2004
IS: 5402-2002
=1 cfu/ml
Yeast and Mould Count IS: 5403- 1999 Absent/Present/ 250ml
Salmonella IS: 5887 (Part 3)- 1999 Absent/Present/ 250ml
Shigella IS: 5887 (Part 7)- 1999
IS 15187: 2002
Absent/Present/ 250ml
Vibrio cholera and Vibrio parahaemolyticus IS: 5887 (Part 5)- 1976
(Reaffirmed 2000)
IS 15188: 2002
Absent/Present/ 250ml
 

Packaged Natural Mineral Water

Top
Specific tests or types of tests performed Standard method or technique used Range of testing/ Minimum Limit of detection
E.coli IS: 13428-1998
IS: 5887 (Part 1)- 1976
(Reaffirmed 2000)
Absent/Present/ 250ml
Coliform IS 13428-1998
IS 5401(part I) -2002
Absent/Present/ 250ml
Faecal Streptococci IS 13428-1998
IS: 5887 (Part 2)-1976
(Reaffirmed 2000)
Absent/Present/ 250ml
Staphylococcus aureus IS: 5887 (Part 2)-1976
(Reaffirmed 2000)
Absent/Present/ 250ml
Sulphite reducing anaerobes IS: 13428- 1998 (Annex C) Absent/Present/ 50ml
Pseudomonas aeruginosa IS: 13428- 1998
(Annex D)
Absent/Present/ 250ml
Aerobic microbial count IS: 1622:1981/ IS 14543:1998 =1 cfu/ml
Yeast and Mould Count IS: 5403- 1999 Absent/Present/ 250ml
Salmonella IS: 5887 (Part 3) 1999 Absent/Present/ 250ml
Shigella IS: 5887 (Part 7)- 1999 Absent/Present/ 250ml
Vibrio cholera and Vibrio parahaemolyticus IS: 5887 (Part 5)- 1976
(Reaffirmed 2000)
Absent/Present/ 250ml
 
Water for Ice manufacture Top
Specific tests or types of tests performed Standard method or technique used Range of testing/ Minimum Limit of detection
Coliforms IS:3957-1966, Reaffirmed 1985
IS: 1622:1981, Reaffirmed 1996, Reaffirmed 2003
1 MPN/100ml
Total Plate Count IS: 3957-1966
IS: 1622:1981 Reaffirmed 1996, Reaffirmed 2003
=1 cfu/ml
 

Water for Swimming Pools

Top
Specific tests or types of tests performed Standard method or technique used Range of testing/ Minimum Limit of detection
Coliforms IS: 1622:1981 Reaffirmed 1996, Reaffirmed 2003
APHA 21st Edition 2005, 9221B,C&E
1 MPN/100ml

<1.1MPN/100 ml

Total Plate Count IS: 1622:1981 Reaffirmed 1996, Reaffirmed 2003
APHA 21st Edition 2005, 9215B&C
=1 cfu/ml
E.coli IS:1622:1981, Reaffirmed 1996
APHA 21st Edition 2005 B,E&F
Absent/Present/100ml
 

Bottled Water

Top
Specific tests or types of tests performed Standard method or technique used Range of testing/ Minimum Limit of detection
Heterotrophic Plate Count APHA 4th Edition, 2005, Chapter 60 =1 cfu/ml

 

 
 
 
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