Commission Regulation (EC) No 401/2006 of 23 February 2006 laying down the method... (32006R0401)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 401/2006 of 23 February 2006 laying down the methods of sampling and analysis for the official control of the levels of mycotoxins in foodstuffs (Text with EEA relevance)
- COMMISSION REGULATION
- (EC) No 401/2006
- of 23 February 2006
- laying down the methods of sampling and analysis for the official control of the levels of mycotoxins in foodstuffs
- (Text with EEA relevance)
- Article 1
- Article 2
- Article 3
- Article 4
- ANNEX I(1)
- METHODS OF SAMPLING FOR OFFICIAL CONTROL OF THE LEVELS OF MYCOTOXINS IN FOODSTUFFS
- A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
- A.1. Purpose and scope
- A.2. Definitions
- A.3. General provisions
- A.3.1. Personnel
- A.3.2. Material to be sampled
- A.3.3. Precautions to be taken
- A.3.4. Incremental samples
- A.3.5. Preparation of the aggregate sample
- A.3.6. Replicate samples
- A.3.7. Packaging and transmission of samples
- A.3.8. Sealing and labelling of samples
- A.4. Different types of lots
- B. METHOD OF SAMPLING FOR CEREALS AND CEREAL PRODUCTS
- B.1. Weight of the incremental sample
- B.2. General survey of the method of sampling for cereals and cereal products
- B.3. Method of sampling for cereals and cereal products for lots ≥ 50 tonnes
- B.4. Method of sampling for cereals and cereal products for lots
- <
- 50 tonnes
- B.5. Sampling at retail stage
- B.6. Acceptance of a lot or sublot
- C. METHOD OF SAMPLING FOR DRIED FRUIT, INCLUDING DRIED VINE FRUIT AND DERIVED PRODUCTS BUT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF DRIED FIGS
- C.1. Weight of the incremental sample
- C.2. General survey of the method of sampling dried fruit, with the exception of figs
- C.3. Method of sampling for dried fruit (lots ≥ 15 tonnes), with the exception of figs
- C.4. Method of sampling for dried fruit (lots < 15 tonnes), with the exception of figs
- C.5. Sampling at retail stage
- C.6. Specific sampling provisions for dried fruit with the exception of dried figs traded in vacuum packs
- C.7. Acceptance of a lot or sublot
- D. METHOD OF SAMPLING FOR DRIED FIGS, GROUNDNUTS AND NUTS
- D.1. Weight of the incremental sample
- D.2. General survey of the method of sampling for dried figs, groundnuts and nuts
- D.3. Method of sampling for dried figs, groundnuts and nuts (lots ≥ 15 tonnes)
- D.4. Method of sampling for dried figs, groundnuts and nuts (lots < 15 tonnes)
- D.5. Method of sampling for derived products and compound foods
- D.5.1. Derived products with very small particle weight, i.e. flour, peanut butter (homogeneous distribution of aflatoxin contamination)
- D.5.2. Other derived products with a relatively large particle size (heterogeneous distribution of aflatoxin contamination)
- D.6. Sampling at retail stage
- D.7. Specific method of sampling for groundnuts, nuts, dried figs and derived products traded in vacuum packs
- D.7.1. Pistachios, groundnuts, Brazil nuts and dried figs
- D.7.2. Nuts other than pistachios and Brazil nuts
- D.7.3. Products derived from nuts, figs and groundnuts with small particle size
- D.8. Acceptance of a lot or sublot
- E. METHOD OF SAMPLING FOR SPICES
- E.1. Weight of the incremental sample
- E.2. General survey of the method of sampling for spices
- E.3. Method of sampling for spices (lots ≥ 15 tonnes)
- E.4. Method of sampling for spices (lots < 15 tonnes)
- E.5. Sampling at retail stage
- E.6. Specific method of sampling for spices traded in vacuum packs
- E.7. Acceptance of a lot or sublot
- F. METHOD OF SAMPLING FOR MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS; INFANT FORMULAE AND FOLLOW-ON FORMULAE, INCLUDING INFANT MILK AND FOLLOW-ON MILK
- F.1. Method of sampling for milk, milk products, infant formulae and follow-on formulae, including infant milk and follow-on milk.
- F.2. Sampling at retail stage
- F.3. Acceptance of a lot or sublot
- G. METHOD FOR SAMPLING COFFEE AND COFFEE PRODUCTS
- G.1. Weight of the incremental sample
- G.2. General survey of the method of sampling for roasted coffee
- G.3. Method of sampling for roasted coffee beans, ground roasted coffee, soluble coffee (lots ≥ 15 tonnes)
- G.4. Method of sampling for roasted coffee beans, ground roasted coffee, soluble coffee (lots < 15 tonnes)
- G.5. Method of sampling for roasted coffee beans, ground roasted coffee, soluble coffee traded in vacuum packs
- G.6. Sampling at retail stage
- G.7. Acceptance of a lot or sublot
- H. METHOD OF SAMPLING FOR FRUIT JUICES INCLUDING GRAPE JUICE, GRAPE MUST, CIDER AND WINE
- H.1. Method of sampling
- H.2. Sampling at retail stage
- H.3. Acceptance of a lot or sublot
- I. METHOD OF SAMPLING FOR SOLID APPLE PRODUCTS AND APPLE JUICE AND SOLID APPLE PRODUCTS FOR INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN
- I.1. Method of sampling
- I.2. Sampling at retail stage
- I.3. Acceptance of a lot or sublot
- J. METHOD OF SAMPLING FOR BABY FOODS AND PROCESSED CEREAL BASED FOODS FOR INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN
- J.1. Method of sampling
- J.2. Sampling at retail stage
- J.3. Acceptance of a lot or sublot
- ANNEX II
- CRITERIA FOR SAMPLE PREPARATION AND FOR METHODS OF ANALYSIS USED FOR THE OFFICIAL CONTROL OF THE LEVELS OF MYCOTOXINS IN FOODSTUFFS
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 1.1. Precautions
- 1.2. Calculation of proportion of shell/kernel of whole nuts
- 2. TREATMENT OF THE SAMPLE AS RECEIVED IN THE LABORATORY
- 3. REPLICATE SAMPLES
- 4. METHOD OF ANALYSIS TO BE USED BY THE LABORATORY AND LABORATORY CONTROL REQUIREMENTS
- 4.1. Definitions
- 4.2. General requirements
- 4.3. Specific requirements
- 4.3.1. Performance criteria
- 4.3.2. ‘Fitness-for-purpose’ approach
- 4.4. Estimation of measurement uncertainty, recovery calculation and reporting of results(1)
- 4.5. Laboratory quality standards
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