This document specifies a method for detection of hepatitis A
virus (HAV) and norovirus genogroups I (GI) and II (GII), from test
samples of foodstuffs [(soft fruit, leaf, stem and bulb vegetables,
bottled water, bivalve molluscan shellfish (BMS)] or surfaces using
real-time RT-PCR.
This method is not validated for detection of the target viruses
in other foodstuffs (including multi-component foodstuffs), or any
other matrices, nor for the detection of other viruses in
foodstuffs, surfaces or other matrices.