Council Directive of 20 January 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making-up by weight or by volume of certain prepackaged products (76/211/EEC)

[F12.2.2. Destructive testing U.K.

Destructive testing shall be carried out in accordance with the single sampling plan below and shall be used only for batches of 100 or more.

The number of prepackages checked shall be equal to 20.

  • If the number of defective units found in the sample is less than or equal to the acceptance criterion, the batch of prepackages shall be considered as acceptable.

  • If the number of defective units found in the sample is equal to or greater than the rejection criterion, the batch of prepackages shall be rejected.

Number in batch Number in sample Number of defective units
Acceptance criterion Rejection criterion
Whatever the number (≥ 100) 20 1 2]