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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2000-2870/annex/division-III/division-III.2/division-11",
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  "legislation": "eur/2000/2870",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 2870/2000 of 19 December 2000 laying down Community reference methods for the analysis of spirits drinks",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2000-2870",
  "path": "annex/division/III/division/III.2/division/11",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Method performance characteristics (precision)",
  "text": "Statistical results of the interlaboratory test: the following tables give the values for the following compounds: ethanal, ethyl acetate, acetal, total ethanal, methanol, butan-2-ol, propan-1-ol, butan-1-ol, 2-methyl-propan-1-ol, 2 methyl-butan-1-ol, 3 methyl-butan-1-ol.\nThe following data were obtained from an international method performance study carried out to internationally agreed procedures.\nYear of interlaboratory test\n1 997\nNumber of laboratories\n32\nNumber of samples\n5\nAnalyte\nethanal\nSample types\nA Brandy; blind duplicates.\nB Kirsch; blind duplicates.\nC Grappa; blind duplicates.\nD Whisky; split levels (*).\nE Rum; split levels (*).\nSamples\nA\nB\nC\nD\nE\nNumber of laboratories retained after eliminating outliers\n28\n26\n27\n27\n28\nNumber of outliers (laboratories)\n2\n4\n3\n3\n2\nNumber of accepted results\n56\n52\n54\n54\n56\nMean value (\n× − ) μg/g\n63,4\n71,67\n130,4\n38,4\n28,6\n13,8 (*)\n52,2 (*)\nRepeatability standard deviation (Sr) μg/g\n3,3\n1,9\n6,8\n4,1\n3,6\nRepeatability relative standard deviation (RSDr) (%)\n5,2\n2,6\n5,2\n15,8\n8,9\nRepeatability limit (r) μg/g\n9,3\n5,3\n19,1\n11,6\n10,1\nReproducibility standard deviation (SR) μg/g\n12\n14\n22\n6,8\n8,9\nReproducibility relative standard deviation (RSDR) (%)\n18,9\n19,4\n17,1\n26,2\n22,2\nReproducibility limit (R) μg/g\n33,5\n38,9\n62,4\n19,1\n25,1\nYear of interlaboratory test\n1 997\nNumber of laboratories\n32\nNumber of samples\n5\nAnalyte\nethyl acetate\nSample types\nA Brandy; blind duplicates.\nB Kirsch; blind duplicates.\nC Grappa; blind duplicates.\nD Whisky; split levels (*).\nE Rum; split levels (*).\nSamples\nA\nB\nC\nD\nE\nNumber of laboratories retained after eliminating outliers\n24\n24\n25\n24\n24\nNumber of outliers (laboratories)\n2\n2\n1\n2\n2\nNumber of accepted results\n48\n48\n50\n48\n48\nMean value (\n× − ) μg/g\n96,8\n1 046\n120,3\n112,5\n99,1\n91,8 (*)\n117,0 (*)\nRepeatability standard deviation (Sr) μg/g\n2,2\n15\n2,6\n2,1\n2,6\nRepeatability relative standard deviation (RSDr) (%)\n2,3\n1,4\n2,1\n2,0\n2,4\nRepeatability limit (r) μg/g\n6,2\n40,7\n7,2\n5,8\n7,3\nReproducibility standard deviation (SR) μg/g\n6,4\n79\n8,2\n6,2\n7,1\nReproducibility relative standard deviation (RSDR) (%)\n6,6\n7,6\n6,8\n6,2\n6,6\nReproducibility limit (R) μg/g\n17,9\n221,9\n22,9\n17,5\n20,0\nYear of interlaboratory test\n1 997\nNumber of laboratories\n32\nNumber of samples\n5\nAnalyte\nacetal\nSample types\nA Brandy; blind duplicates.\nB Kirsch; blind duplicates.\nC Grappa; blind duplicates.\nD Whisky; split levels (*).\nE Rum; split levels (*).\nSamples\nA\nB\nC\nD\nE\nNumber of laboratories retained after eliminating outliers\n20\n21\n22\n17\n21\nNumber of outliers (laboratories)\n4\n3\n2\n4\n3\nNumber of accepted results\n40\n42\n44\n34\n42\nMean value (\n× − ) μg/g\n35,04\n36,46\n68,5\n20,36\n15,1\n6,60 (*)\n28,3 (*)\nRepeatability standard deviation (Sr) μg/g\n0,58\n0,84\n1,6\n0,82\n1,9\nRepeatability relative standard deviation (RSDr) (%)\n1,7\n2,3\n2,3\n6,1\n8,7\nRepeatability limit (r) μg/g\n1,6\n2,4\n4,4\n2,3\n5,3\nReproducibility standard deviation (SR) μg/g\n4,2\n4,4\n8,9\n1,4\n3,1\nReproducibility relative standard deviation (RSDR) (%)\n12,1\n12,0\n13,0\n10,7\n14,2\nReproducibility limit (R) μg/g\n11,8\n12,2\n25,0\n4,0\n8,7\nYear of interlaboratory test\n1 997\nNumber of laboratories\n32\nNumber of samples\n5\nAnalyte\ntotal ethanal\nSample types\nA Brandy; blind duplicates.\nB Kirsch; blind duplicates.\nC Grappa; blind duplicates.\nD Whisky; split levels (*).\nE Rum; split levels (*).\nSamples\nA\nB\nC\nD\nE\nNumber of laboratories retained after eliminating outliers\n23\n19\n22\n21\n22\nNumber of outliers (laboratories)\n1\n5\n2\n3\n2\nNumber of accepted results\n46\n38\n44\n42\n44\nMean value (\n× − ) μg/g\n76,5\n85,3\n156,5\n45,4\n32,7\n15,8 (*)\n61,8 (*)\nRepeatability standard deviation (Sr) μg/g\n3,5\n1,3\n6,5\n4,4\n3,6\nRepeatability relative standard deviation (RSDr) (%)\n4,6\n1,5\n4,2\n14,2\n7,6\nRepeatability limit (r) μg/g\n9,8\n3,5\n18,3\n12,2\n10,0\nReproducibility standard deviation (SR) μg/g\n13\n15\n24,1\n7,3\n9,0\nReproducibility relative standard deviation (RSDR) (%)\n16,4\n17,5\n15,4\n23,7\n19,1\nReproducibility limit (R) μg/g\n35,2\n41,8\n67,4\n20,3\n25,2\nYear of interlaboratory test\n1 997\nNumber of laboratories\n32\nNumber of samples\n5\nAnalyte\nMethanol\nSample types\nA Brandy; blind duplicates.\nB Kirsch; blind duplicates.\nC Grappa; blind duplicates.\nD Whisky; split levels (*).\nE Rum; split levels (*).\nSamples\nA\nB\nC\nD\nE\nNumber of laboratories retained after eliminating outliers\n26\n27\n27\n28\n25\nNumber of outliers (laboratories)\n4\n3\n3\n1\n4\nNumber of accepted results\n52\n54\n54\n56\n50\nMean value (\n× − ) μg/g\n319,8\n2 245\n1 326\n83,0\n18,6\n61,5 (*)\n28,9 (*)\nRepeatability standard deviation (Sr) μg/g\n4,4\n27\n22\n1,5\n1,3\nRepeatability relative standard deviation (RSDr) (%)\n1,4\n1,2\n1,7\n2,1\n5,6\nRepeatability limit (r) μg/g\n12,3\n74,4\n62,5\n4,3\n3,8\nReproducibility standard deviation (SR) μg/g\n13\n99\n60\n4,5\n2,8\nReproducibility relative standard deviation (RSDR) (%)\n3,9\n4,4\n4,6\n6,2\n11,8\nReproducibility limit (R) μg/g\n35,2\n278,3\n169,1\n12,5\n7,9\nYear of interlaboratory test\n1 997\nNumber of laboratories\n32\nNumber of samples\n4\nAnalyte\nbutan-2-ol\nSample types\nA Brandy; blind duplicates.\nB Kirsch; blind duplicates.\nC Grappa; blind duplicates.\nE Rum; split levels (*).\nSamples\nA\nB\nC\nE\nNumber of laboratories retained after eliminating outliers\n21\n27\n29\n22\nNumber of outliers (laboratories)\n4\n3\n1\n3\nNumber of accepted results\n42\n54\n58\n44\nMean value (\n× − ) μg/g\n5,88\n250,2\n27,57\n5,83\n14,12 (*)\nRepeatability standard deviation (Sr) μg/g\n0,4\n2,2\n0,87\n0,64\nRepeatability relative standard deviation (RSDr) (%)\n6,8\n0,9\n3,2\n6,4\nRepeatability limit (r) μg/g\n1,1\n6,1\n2,5\n1,8\nReproducibility standard deviation (SR) μg/g\n0,89\n13\n3,2\n0,87\nReproducibility relative standard deviation (RSDR) (%)\n15,2\n5,1\n11,5\n8,7\nReproducibility limit (R) μg/g\n2,5\n35,5\n8,9\n2,4\nYear of interlaboratory test\n1 997\nNumber of laboratories\n32\nNumber of samples\n5\nAnalyte\npropan-1-ol\nSample types\nA Brandy; blind duplicates.\nB Kirsch; blind duplicates.\nC Grappa; blind duplicates.\nD Whisky; split levels (*).\nE Rum; split levels (*).\nSamples\nA\nB\nC\nD\nE\nNumber of laboratories retained after eliminating outliers\n29\n27\n27\n29\n29\nNumber of outliers (laboratories)\n2\n4\n3\n2\n2\nNumber of accepted results\n58\n54\n54\n58\n58\nMean value (\n× − ) μg/g\n86,4\n3 541\n159,1\n272,1\n177,1\n229,3 (*)\n222,1 (*)\nRepeatability standard deviation (Sr) μg/g\n3,0\n24\n3,6\n2,3\n3,3\nRepeatability relative standard deviation (RSDr) (%)\n3,4\n0,7\n2,3\n0,9\n1,6\nRepeatability limit (r) μg/g\n8,3\n68,5\n10,0\n6,4\n9,1\nReproducibility standard deviation (SR) μg/g\n5,3\n150\n6,5\n9,0\n8,1\nReproducibility relative standard deviation (RSDR) (%)\n6,1\n4,1\n4,1\n3,6\n4,1\nReproducibility limit (R) μg/g\n14,8\n407,2\n18,2\n25,2\n22,7\nYear of interlaboratory test\n1 997\nNumber of laboratories\n32\nNumber of samples\n5\nAnalyte\npropan-1-ol\nSample types\nA Brandy; blind duplicates.\nB Kirsch; blind duplicates.\nC Grappa; blind duplicates. (*).\nSamples\nA\nB\nC\nNumber of laboratories retained after eliminating outliers\n20\n22\n22\nNumber of outliers (laboratories)\n4\n4\n6\nNumber of accepted results\n40\n44\n44\nMean value (\n× − ) μg/g\n3,79\n5,57\n7,54\nRepeatability standard deviation (Sr) μg/g\n0,43\n0,2\n0,43\nRepeatability relative standard deviation (RSDr) (%)\n11,2\n3,6\n5,6\nRepeatability limit (r) μg/g\n1,1\n0,6\n1,2\nReproducibility standard deviation (SR) μg/g\n0,59\n0,55\n0,82\nReproducibility relative standard deviation (RSDR) (%)\n15,7\n9,8\n10,8\nReproducibility limit (R) μg/g\n1,7\n1,5\n2,3\nYear of interlaboratory test\n1 997\nNumber of laboratories\n32\nNumber of samples\n5\nAnalyte\n2-methylpropan-1-ol\nSample types\nA Brandy; blind duplicates.\nB Kirsch; blind duplicates.\nC Grappa; blind duplicates.\nD Whisky; split levels (*).\nE Rum; split levels (*).\nSamples\nA\nB\nC\nD\nE\nNumber of laboratories retained after eliminating outliers\n28\n31\n30\n26\n25\nNumber of outliers (laboratories)\n3\n0\n1\n5\n6\nNumber of accepted results\n56\n62\n60\n52\n50\nMean value (\n× − ) μg/g\n174,2\n111,7\n185,0\n291,0\n115,99\n246,8 (*)\n133,87 (*)\nRepeatability standard deviation (Sr) μg/g\n2,3\n1,6\n2,5\n1,8\n0,74\nRepeatability relative standard deviation (RSDr) (%)\n1,3\n1,4\n1,3\n0,7\n0,6\nRepeatability limit (r) μg/g\n6,4\n4,5\n6,9\n5,0\n2,1\nReproducibility standard deviation (SR) μg/g\n8,9\n8,9\n9,7\n6,0\n6,2\nReproducibility relative standard deviation (RSDR) (%)\n5,1\n8,0\n5,2\n2,2\n5,0\nReproducibility limit (R) μg/g\n24,9\n24,9\n27,2\n16,9\n17,4\nYear of interlaboratory test\n1 997\nNumber of laboratories\n32\nNumber of samples\n5\nAnalyte\n2-methyl-butan-1-ol\nSample types\nA Brandy; blind duplicates.\nB Kirsch; blind duplicates.\nC Grappa; blind duplicates.\nD Whisky; split levels (*).\nE Rum; split levels (*).\nSamples\nA\nB\nC\nD\nE\nNumber of laboratories retained after eliminating outliers\n25\n26\n25\n27\n25\nNumber of outliers (laboratories)\n3\n2\n3\n1\n2\nNumber of accepted results\n50\n52\n50\n54\n50\nMean value (\n× − ) μg/g\n113,0\n48,3\n91,6\n72,1\n39,5\n45,2 (*)\n61,5 (*)\nRepeatability standard deviation (Sr) μg/g\n2,1\n1,5\n1,7\n2,3\n2,3\nRepeatability relative standard deviation (RSDr) (%)\n1,9\n3,1\n1,8\n3,9\n4,5\nRepeatability limit (r) μg/g\n6,0\n4,2\n4,7\n6,4\n6,3\nReproducibility standard deviation (SR) μg/g\n7,4\n3,8\n6,6\n4,7\n4,5\nReproducibility relative standard deviation (RSDR) (%)\n6,6\n7,9\n7,2\n8,1\n8,8\nReproducibility limit (R) μg/g\n20,8\n10,7\n18,4\n13,3\n12,5\nYear of interlaboratory test\n1 997\nNumber of laboratories\n32\nNumber of samples\n5\nAnalyte\n3-methyl-butan-1-ol\nSample types\nA Brandy; blind duplicates.\nB Kirsch; blind duplicates.\nC Grappa; blind duplicates.\nD Whisky; split levels (*).\nE Rum; split levels (*).\nSamples\nA\nB\nC\nD\nE\nNumber of laboratories retained after eliminating outliers\n23\n23\n24\n27\n21\nNumber of outliers (laboratories)\n5\n5\n4\n1\n6\nNumber of accepted results\n46\n46\n48\n54\n42\nMean value (\n× − ) μg/g\n459,4\n242,7\n288,4\n142,2\n212,3\n120,4 (*)\n245,6 (*)\nRepeatability standard deviation (Sr) μg/g\n5,0\n2,4\n3,4\n2,4\n3,2\nRepeatability relative standard deviation (RSDr) (%)\n1,1\n1,0\n1,2\n1,8\n1,4\nRepeatability limit (r) μg/g\n13,9\n6,6\n9,6\n6,6\n9,1\nReproducibility standard deviation (SR) μg/g\n29,8\n13\n21\n8,5\n6,7\nReproducibility relative standard deviation (RSDR) (%)\n6,5\n5,2\n7,3\n6,5\n2,9\nReproducibility limit (R) μg/g\n83,4\n35,4\n58,8\n23,8\n18,7",
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