Commission Regulation (EC) No 1882/2006Show full title

1. Introductory Text

2. Article 1. Sampling, sample preparation and analyses for the official control of...

3. Article 2. This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day...

4. Signature

5. 1. ANNEX

      METHODS OF SAMPLING, SAMPLE PREPARATION AND ANALYSIS FOR OFFICIAL CONTROL OF LEVELS OF NITRATES IN CERTAIN FOODSTUFFS

      1. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

         1. A.1 Scope

         2. A.2 Definitions

         3. A.3 General provisions

            1. A.3.1 Personnel

            2. A.3.2 Material to be sampled

            3. A.3.3 Precautions to be taken

            4. A.3.4 Incremental samples

            5. A.3.5 Preparation of the aggregate sample

            6. A.3.6 Replicate samples

            7. A.3.7 Packaging and transmission of samples

            8. A.3.8 Sealing and labelling of samples

         4. A.4 Different types of lots

      2. B. METHOD OF SAMPLING

         1. B.1 Sampling in the field

         2. B.2 Sampling of lots of spinach, lettuce, baby foods and processed...

         3. B.3 Sampling at retail stage

         4. B.4 Assessment of compliance of a lot or sublot

      3. C. SAMPLE PREPARATION

         1. 1. In the case of sampling of fresh produce, sample preparation...

         2. 2. Soil, heavily soiled and other outer non-edible and damaged leaves...

         3. 3. The complete sample is to be homogenised (the addition of...

         4. 4. One or more analytical samples are taken from the combined...

      4. D. METHOD OF ANALYSIS, REPORTING OF RESULTS AND LABORATORY CONTROL REQUIREMENTS...

         1. D.1 Definitions

         2. D.2 General requirements

         3. D.3 Specific requirements

            1. D.3.1 Extraction procedure

            2. D.3.2 Performance criteria

               1. Notes to the performance criteria

         4. D.4 Reporting of results, estimation of measurement uncertainty and recovery calculation...

         5. D.5 Laboratory quality standards