ACT : Commission Regulation 401/2006/EC laying down the methods of sampling and analysis for the official control of the levels of mycotoxins in foodstuffs.
CONTENT : Commission Regulation 466/2001/EC of 8 March 2001 setting maximum levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs provides for maximum limits for certain mycotoxins in certain foodstuffs. Sampling plays a crucial part in the precision of the determination of the levels of mycotoxins, which are very heterogeneously distributed in a lot.
Consequently, this Regulation:
- fixes general criteria which the sampling method should comply with (Annex I);
- fixes general criteria which the method of analysis should comply with in order to ensure that control laboratories use methods of analysis with comparable levels of performance (Annex II).
ENTRY INTO FORCE : 29/03/2006.
TRANSPOSITION : from 01/07/2006.