The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (England and Wales) Regulations 2005

Sampling and analysis

5.  In determining for the purposes of regulation 3(1) whether the quantity of pesticide residue contained in any product exceeds the maximum residue level—

(a) in relation to any product specified in column 2 of Schedule 3 (and falling within a group of products specified in column 1 of that Schedule) the whole or part only of that product shall, so far as is practicable, be taken into account as specified in column 3 of that Schedule;

(b) the procedure to be followed for sampling for the determination of pesticide residues shall be that set out in the Annex to Commission Directive 2002/63/EC(1);

(c) in the case of any product which has been dried or processed, Schedule 2 shall have effect where, in relation to a pesticide residue, no such maximum residue level is specified therein for the product in its dried or processed form, as if the maximum residue level specified in that Schedule in respect of that pesticide residue and in relation to the product in question were subject to an adjustment to take account of the concentration of the product caused by the drying process or, as the case may be, the dilution or concentration of the product caused by the processing; and

(d) in a case where a product listed in Schedule 2 has been mixed with other products or ingredients to form a composite food, that Schedule shall have effect, in relation to that composite food, as if the products which have been mixed to form the composite food had not been mixed and accordingly the maximum residue levels specified for each of the pesticide residues specified applied in relation to each of those products separately taking into account—

(i) the relative concentrations of each of the products in the composite food; and

(ii) the provisions of paragraph (c).

(1)

OJ No. L187, 16.7.2002, p. 30.