Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/782Show full title

Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/782 of 29 May 2018 establishing the methodological principles for the risk assessment and risk management recommendations referred to in Regulation (EC) No 470/2009 (Text with EEA relevance)

Article 2U.K.Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation, in addition to the definitions set out in Regulation (EC) No 470/2009, the following definitions shall apply:

  • ‘major metabolites’ means metabolites comprising ≥ 100 μg/kg or ≥ 10 % of the total residue in a sample collected from the target animal species in the metabolism study,

  • ‘marker residue’ means a residue whose concentration is in a known relationship to the concentration of total residue in an edible tissue,

  • ‘dairy starter cultures’ means prepared cultures of microorganism employed in the manufacture of a variety of dairy products including butter, cheese, yoghurt and cultured milk.