Textual Amendments
F1Schs. 3-5 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Food and Feed Safety and Hygiene (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/52), regs. 1(1), 10(8); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 4 extended (N.I.) (with modifications) (1.10.2023) by The Windsor Framework (Retail Movement Scheme: Public Health, Marketing and Organic Product Standards and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/959), regs. 1(2), 4(b), Sch. 2 (with regs. 7, 8)
5. MethodS
(a)Preparation of the sample
The sample must be clean and free from grease or other matter likely to affect the test.
Wash the sample in a solution containing a household liquid detergent at a temperature of approximately 40 °C. Rinse the sample first in tap-water and then in distilled water or water of equivalent quality. Drain and dry so as to avoid any stain. The surface to be tested is not to be handled after it has been cleaned.
(b)Determination of lead or cadmium (or both)
The sample prepared in accordance with paragraph 5(a) is tested under the conditions laid down in schedule 3.
Before taking the test solution for determining lead or cadmium (or both), homogenise the content of the sample by an appropriate method, which avoids any loss of solution or abrasion of the surface being tested.
Carry out a blank test on the reagent used for each series of determinations.
Carry out determinations for lead or cadmium (or both) under appropriate conditions.]