MDP Standard Operating Procedures

Administrative SOPs

  • MP-ADMIN (pdf) Administrative Procedures for the Microbiological Data Program and Pesticide Data Program (Rev. 2, 01/01/2012)

SOPs for Sampling Activities

Laboratory Operations / Shipping SOPs

Laboratory Analytical Methods SOPs

  • MDP-MTH-04 (pdf) Detection of Salmonella in Fresh Produce by BAX® PCR (Rev. 5, 7/01/10)
  • MDP-MTH-06 (pdf) Isolation and Identification of Escherichia coli O157 by Immunomagnetic Separation (IMS) and Cultural Methods (Rev. 7, 9/01/11)
  • MDP-MTH-09 (pdf) Detection of Salmonella using VIDAS® Method (Rev 1, 9/25/09)
  • MDP-MTH-10 (pdf) Isolation and Identification of Salmonella using Cultural Methods (Rev. 4, 9/01/10)
  • MDP-MTH-11 (pdf) Real-time PCR Detection of Shiga-toxing Producing Escherichia coli (STEC), Serotype O157 and non-O157 in Fresh Produce and Food (Rev. 1, 9/01/11)
  • MDP-MTH-12 (pdf) BAX® System Real-time PCR Assay for Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Fresh Produce (Rev. 1, 9/01/11)

Laboratory Data Handling and Reporting

  • MDP-DATA-01 (pdf) Data Entry, Record Keeping and Results Reporting (Rev. 11, 9/01/11)

Laboratory Quality Assurance / Quality Control

Index of SOPs