[Sampling: non-radioactive substancesE+W+S
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5.—(1) In the case of samples of water that a food authority must take and analyse to enable it to discharge its obligations under the provisions specified in [paragraph 4(2)(a),] (b), (f) and (g), each food authority must take and analyse such samples regularly, having regard to the provisions contained in—
(a)Article 17(2) of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety (monitoring responsibilities), and
[(b)Article 9 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625.]
(2) Where, under sub-paragraph (1), a food authority only takes one sample in a year of any water in its area to which this Schedule applies, the authority must take the samples from year to year at intervals that are spread out in such a way—
(a)to avoid the results, when considered together, giving a potentially distorted picture of the state of the water because the samples have been taken too closely together in time, and
(b)so that the results, when considered together, provide information about the water that is representative of the quality of the water during the relevant years.
(3) Where, under sub-paragraph (1), a food authority takes more than one sample in a year of any water in its area to which this Schedule applies, the authority must take the samples at intervals that are spread out throughout the year in such a way—
(a)to avoid the results, when considered together, giving a potentially distorted picture of the state of the water because the samples have been taken too closely together in time, and
(b)so that the results, when considered together, provide information about the water that is representative of the quality of the water during the course of that year.]