About

  • Secretariat: SAC (China)
    Committee Manager:
    Mr Zhenyu Liu
  • Twinned Secretariat: CTRM
    Twinned Committee Manager:
  • Chairperson (until end 2028):
    Dr Shengpu Gao
  • ISO Technical Programme Manager [TPM]:
    Ms Sally Swingewood
    ISO Editorial Manager [EM]:
    Ms Nicola Perou
  • Creation date: 1980

Scope

Standardization in the field of meat, poultry, eggs, fish and their products, in particular terminology, sampling, methods of test and analysis, product specifications and requirements for packaging, storage and transportation

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Sustainable Development Goals

This committee contributes with 25 standards to the following Sustainable Development Goals:

3
Good Health and Well-being
9
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
12
Responsible Consumption and Production
33

Published ISO standards *

15

ISO standards under development *

32
Participating members
42
Observing members

* number includes updates

Reference Title Type
ISO/TC 34/SC 6/AHG 2   Beef steak Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 6/AHG 3   Cell cultured meat Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 6/WG 20   Operating procedures of slaughtering Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 6/WG 21   Dry-cured ham Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 6/WG 23   Determination of additives Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 6/WG 24   Determination of pollutant Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 6/WG 26   Determination of essential composition and quality factors Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 6/WG 28   Determination of pesticide and veterinary drug residues Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 6/WG 29   Determination of K-value of fish Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 6/WG 30   Dried aquatic product Working group
ISO/TC 34/SC 6/WG 31   Edible bird's nest Working group

Liaison Committees to ISO/TC 34/SC 6

The committees below can access the documents of ISO/TC 34/SC 6:

Reference Title ISO/IEC
ISO/TC 34/SC 9 Microbiology ISO
ISO/TC 34/SC 11 Animal and vegetable fats and oils ISO
ISO/TC 34/SC 16 Horizontal methods for molecular biomarker analysis ISO

 

Liaison Committees from ISO/TC 34/SC 6

ISO/TC 34/SC 6 can access the documents of the committees below:

Reference Title ISO/IEC
ISO/TC 34/SC 9 Microbiology ISO
ISO/TC 34/SC 11 Animal and vegetable fats and oils ISO
ISO/TC 34/SC 16 Horizontal methods for molecular biomarker analysis ISO
ISO/TC 120/SC 1 Raw hides and skins, including pickled pelts ISO

 

Organizations in liaison (Category A and B)

Acronym Title Category
AOAC INTERNATIONAL AOAC INTERNATIONAL, Association of Analytical Communities A
CAC Codex Alimentarius Commission A
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations A
IUMS International Union of Microbiological Societies A
IUPAC International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry A
SSAFE SSAFE A
WOAH World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) A
CIIA International Commission for Food Industries B
EC - European Commission European Commission B
IIF International Institute of Refrigeration B
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD B
UNECE United Nations Economic Commission for Europe B
WHO World Health Organization B

Date Month Location TC/SC Note
19-20 August 2026 Astana (Kazakhstan) ISO/TC 34/SC 6  

* Information definite but meeting not yet formally convened
** Provisional

ISO/TC 34/SC 6 - Secretariat

SAC (China)

Standardization Administration of China
No. 9 Madian Donglu, Haidian District
China

Tel: +8610 8226 2644
Fax: +8610 8226 0660
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ISO/TC 34/SC 6 - Twinned Secretariat

CTRM [Kazakhstan]

Technical Regulation and Metrology Committee of the Ministry of Trade and Integration
8 Mangilik El ave., 1st entrance
administrative building "House of Ministries"
Kazakhstan

Tel: +7 7172 79 33 01
Fax: +7 7172 24 02 48
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