# The Contaminants in Food (Scotland) Regulations 2005, Regulation 5: Procurement and analysis of samples


(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–
Nitrate
(a) (subject to the requirement specified in column 3 of section 1 of Annex I to the Commission Regulation), 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, 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;
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;
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;
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;
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;
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;
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
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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2005/606/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/contaminants-in-food-scotland-regulations-2005/regulation-5
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