# Commission Regulation (EC) No 2870/2000 of 19 December 2000 laying down Community reference methods for the analysis of spirits drinks, Division 9: Method performance characteristics (precision)

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Results of the interlaboratory test:
the following table gives the performance for recognition of presence or absence of chalcones in pastis and aniseed-flavoured spirits.
The following data were obtained from an international method performance study carried out to internationally agreed procedures.
Year of interlaboratory test
1998
Number of laboratories
14
Number of samples
11
Analyte
chalcones
Inconsistent results between the two duplicates, attributed to a sampling error
Samples
A
B
C
D
E
F
Number of laboratories retained after eliminating outliers
14
14
14
14
14
13
Number of outliers (laboratories)
—
—
—
—
—
1
Number of accepted results
28
14
14
28
28
26
Number of results for presence of chalcones
28
14
14
0
28
0
Number of results for absence of chalcones
0
0
0
28
0
26
Percentage of correct results (%)
100
100
100
100
100
100
Samples
G
H
I
J
K
Number of laboratories retained after eliminating outliers
14
14
14
14
14
Number of outliers (laboratories)
—
—
—
—
—
Number of accepted results
28
14
14
28
28
Number of results for presence of chalcones
0
0
0
0
0
Number of results for absence of chalcone
28
14
14
28
28
Percentage of correct results (%)
100
100
100
100
100
Sample types:
A pastis, blind duplicates
B pastis, single sample
C pastis, single sample
D ‘ pastis ’ (not containing chalcones), blind duplicates
E ‘ pastis ’ (not containing chalcones), blind duplicates
F aniseed-flavoured liqueur (not containing chalcones), blind duplicates
G aniseed-flavoured liqueur (not containing chalcones), blind duplicates
H ouzo (not containing chalcones), single sample
I ouzo (not containing chalcones), single sample
J anis (not containing chalcones), blind duplicates
K ‘ pastis ’ (not containing chalcones), blind duplicates.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2000/2870/annex/division/VII/division/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2000-2870/annex/division-VII/division-9
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