“…The MVM, a member of the family Parvoviridae , was used as an indicator, because it is thermostable, can be propagated and cultivated in permanent cell lines and displays a cytopathic effect on cells. Whereas, contrary to what was stated in the experimental study, cell culture systems are also established for bovine parvovirus (Torgeman et al., 2017) and other parvoviruses relevant for the application, such as porcine parvovirus (Lukula et al., 2017), the BIOHAZ Panel considers MVM as a suitable indicator. In fact, the choice of the MVM virus is supported by a systematic literature review on viral heat inactivation performed by Nims and Plavsic (2013, 2014), in which they support the routine use of parvoviruses such as MVM or PPV as worst‐case virus models for evaluating heat inactivation.…”