# Commission Regulation (EC) No 401/2006 of 23 February 2006 laying down the methods of sampling and analysis for the official control of the levels of mycotoxins in foodstuffs (Text with EEA relevance), Division: Sampling procedure and sample size

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

The sampling procedure is on the supposition that the food supplements based on rice fermented with red yeast Monascus purpureus are marketed in retail packages containing usually 30 to 120 capsules per retail package.
Lot size (number of retail packages)
Number of retail packages to be taken for sample
Sample size
1-50
1
All capsules
51-250
2
All capsules
251- 1 000
4
From each retail package taken for sample, half of the capsules
> 1 000
4 + 1 retail package per 1 000 retail packages with a maximum of 25 retail packages
≤ 10 retail packages: from each retail package, half of the capsules
> 10 retail packages: from each retail package, an equal number of capsules is taken to result in a sample with the equivalent of the content of retail 5 packages

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/401/annex/I/division/M/division/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-401/annex-I/division-M/division-1
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