ISO 16677-1:2025

Biobanking — Germplasm — Part 1: Agricultural animal species

This document specifies requirements for the biobanking of animal germplasm, e.g. semen, embryos, oocytes, gonads and related tissue, including reception, preparation, quality control, storage and distribution.

This document is applicable to animal species for food and agriculture.

This document is applicable to all organizations performing biobanking of animal biological material and associated data, such as public or private gene banks and germplasm livestock collections centres.

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Edition	2025
Standard Part No	1
Published Date	2025
Published By	International Standardization Organisation
Page Count	12