This document gives general requirements for sampling techniques outside the laboratory to obtain samples for subsequent bacteriological analysis and to transport them to the laboratory. This document concerns all food and feed products, including blocks of frozen products, carcasses or meat (but excluding surface sampling of carcasses) and bulk products. The following samples types are outside the scope of the present standard: - Milk and dairy products (See EN ISO 707 Milk and milk products: guidance on sampling; - Surface sampling of carcasses (See ISO 17604: Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs: Carcass sampling for microbiological analysis), - Samples from environmental surfaces (See ISO 18593: Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs: Horizontal methods for sampling techniques from surfaces using contact plates and swabs), Samples from the primary production stage (See pr ISO 13307)