Procurement and analysis of samples
5.—(1) Where a sample is to be taken under section 29(b) or (d) of the Act of a food specified in Annex I to the Commission Regulation, that sample shall be taken in accordance with the methods of taking samples described or referred to–
(a) Nitrate
(a)(subject to the requirement specified in column 3 of section 1 of Annex I to the Commission Regulation(1)), in the Annex to Commission Directive 2002/63/EC establishing Community methods of sampling for the official control of pesticide residues in and on products of plant and animal origin and repealing Directive 79/700/EC(2), where the food concerned is of a description specified in Section 1 of Annex I to the Commission Regulation to the sampling of which that Directive applies pursuant to Article 1.3 of that Regulation;
(b) Aflatoxins
(b)in Annex I to Directive 98/53/EC, where the food concerned is of a description specified in section 2 of Annex I to the Commission Regulation to the sampling of which that Directive applies pursuant to Article 1.3 of that Regulation;
(c) Ochratoxin A
(c)in Annex I to Directive 2002/26/EC, where the food concerned is of a description specified in section 2 of Annex I to the Commission Regulation to the sampling of which that Directive applies pursuant to Article 1.3 of that Regulation;
(d) Patulin
(d)in Annex I to Directive 2003/78/EC, where the food concerned is of a description specified in section 2 of Annex I to the Commission Regulation to the sampling of which that Directive applies pursuant to Article 1.3 of that Regulation;
(e) Lead, cadmium, mercury and 3-MCPD
(e)in Annex I to Directive 2001/22/EC, where the food concerned is of a description specified in section 3 or 4 of Annex I to the Commission Regulation to the sampling of which that Directive applies pursuant to Article 1.3 of that Regulation;
(f) Dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs
(f)in Annex I to Directive 2002/69/EC, where the food concerned is of a description specified in section 5 of Annex I to the Commission Regulation to the sampling of which that Directive applies pursuant to Article 1.3 of that Regulation;
(g) Tin
(g)in Annex I to Directive 2004/16/EC, where the food concerned is of a description specified in section 6 of Annex I to the Commission Regulation to the sampling of which that Directive applies pursuant to Article 1.3 of that Regulation; and
(h) Benzo(a)pyrene
(h)in Annex I to Directive 2005/10/EC, where the food concerned is of a description specified in section 7 of Annex I to the Commission Regulation to the sampling of which that Directive applies pursuant to Article 1.3 of that Regulation.
The requirement is that the minimum number of units required for a laboratory sample in such circumstances is 10.
O.J. No. L 187, 16.7.02, p.30.