# Commission Directive 2002/69/EC of 30 July 2002 laying down the sampling methods and the methods of analysis for the official control of dioxins and the determination of dioxin-like PCBs in foodstuffs (Text with EEA relevance) (repealed) EU Directive 2002/69 ยท adopted 30 July 2002 Commission Directive 2002/69/EC of 30 July 2002 laying down the sampling methods and the methods of analysis for the official control of dioxins and the determination of dioxin-like PCBs in foodstuffs (Text with EEA relevance) (repealed) ## Introductory text Commission Directive 2002/69/EC of 30 July 2002 laying down the sampling methods and the methods of analysis for the official control of dioxins and the determination of dioxin-like PCBs in foodstuffs (Text with EEA relevance) (repealed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex I: METHODS OF SAMPLING FOR OFFICIAL CONTROL OF THE LEVELS OF DIOXINS (PCDD/PCDF) AND THE DETERMINATION OF DIOXIN-LIKE PCBs IN CERTAIN FOODSTUFFS ## 1 Purpose and scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 3: General provisions ## 3.1 Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.2 Material to be sampled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.3 Precautions to be taken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.4 Incremental samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.5 Preparation of the aggregate sample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.6 Subdivision of aggregate sample in laboratory samples for enforcement, defence and referee purposes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.7 Packaging and transmission of aggregate and laboratory samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.8 Sealing and labelling of aggregate and laboratory samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Sampling plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Number of incremental samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4.1 Specific provisions for the sampling of lots containing whole fishes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Compliance of the lot or sublot with the specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex II: SAMPLE PREPARATION AND REQUIREMENTS FOR METHODS OF ANALYSIS USED IN OFFICIAL CONTROL OF THE LEVELS OF DIOXINS (PCDD/PCDF) AND THE DETERMINATION OF DIOXIN-LIKE PCBs IN CERTAIN FOODSTUFFS ## 1 Objective and field of application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Quality assurance requirements to be complied with for sample preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Requirements for laboratories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Requirements to be met by analytical procedure for dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Specific requirements for GC/MS methods to be complied with for screening or confirmatory purposes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 7: Screening methods of analysis ## 7.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Screening approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Quantitative approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7.2 Requirements for methods of analysis used for screening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7.3 Specific requirements for cell-based bioassays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7.4 Specific requirements for kit-based bioassays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Reporting of the result . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2002/69 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2002-69 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.