Commission Regulation (EC) No 333/2007 of 28 March 2007 laying down the methods of sampling and analysis for the control of the levels of trace elements and processing contaminants in foodstuffs (Text with EEA relevance) (c. 333)

ANNEX U.K.

PART C U.K. SAMPLE PREPARATION AND ANALYSIS

C.1. LABORATORY QUALITY STANDARDS U.K.

Laboratories shall comply with the provisions of Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 .

Laboratories shall participate in appropriate proficiency testing schemes which comply with the ‘International Harmonised Protocol for the Proficiency Testing of (Chemical) Analytical Laboratories’(1) developed under the auspices of IUPAC/ISO/AOAC.

Laboratories shall be able to demonstrate that they have internal quality control procedures in place. Examples of these are the ‘ISO/AOAC/IUPAC Guidelines on Internal Quality Control in Analytical Chemistry Laboratories’(2).

Wherever possible the trueness of analysis shall be estimated by including suitable certified reference materials in the analysis.

(1)

‘The international harmonized protocol for the proficiency testing of analytical chemistry laboratories’ by M. Thompson, S.L.R. Ellison and R. Wood, Pure Appl. Chem., 2006, 78, 145-96.

(2)

Edited by M. Thompson and R. Wood, Pure Appl. Chem., 1995, 67, 649-666.